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Post by chrisnikon on May 29, 2012 9:36:25 GMT -5
I found this Fujica in a fleamarket a couple of weeks back. I bought it because I already have the black ST 701 in my collection and thought it would be nice to have a later version of the 'same' camera in chrome. Also I was rather taken with its unusual top speed of 1/700 - never saw that before. I've had some difficulty getting information about this camera though. Not even sure when it came out. One site suggested "1980?". Japanese sites seem to know something about this Fujica but I can't read Japanese. Any knowledgeable Fujica collectors out there? Apart from the year I'm interested to know how many of these there are. Have I stumbled on a rare one? That would be fun.
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Post by Doug T. on May 29, 2012 10:09:32 GMT -5
Hi Chris! Welcome!!
I'm in upstate NY , close to Binghamton. That's where Ansco was based.
I'm sure you'll find someone here who can help place your camera.
Maybe Berndt?
Doug
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Post by daveh on May 29, 2012 18:13:31 GMT -5
Chris, well I don't know, but someone might. Berndt lives in Tokyo so perhaps he can get a translation.
Oh, hello and welcome.
Dave.
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Post by julio1fer on May 29, 2012 20:27:38 GMT -5
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Post by chrisnikon on Jun 14, 2012 7:32:50 GMT -5
Hi guys, Thanks for the friendly welcome and the tips.
A Japanese site has given me the date of the 605II - 1978.
Chris
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Post by camerastoomany on Jun 15, 2012 8:45:12 GMT -5
Welcome Chris.
I don't know if it qualifies as genuinely rare but it is a model only occasionally offered for sale. My Fujica slr collection is missing only the first model (I've never seen one for sale) and the 605 II.
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Post by col on Jun 21, 2012 5:30:05 GMT -5
Fujica great camera.. I wish I still owned one.
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Post by Stephen on Sept 5, 2012 7:59:06 GMT -5
The Fujica St605n came out in the UK in August 1975, distributed by Hanimex, who traded as Fuji (UK), in the UK at the time, as importers.
Fuji later took over distribution direct, incorporating the film supply and processing plant, which still operates at present. The current print processing is franchised in the UK now.
The 605 II is the US variant of the model. Early St605's from 1970, had no shutter speeds display in the viewfinder, does the St605 II have this? with display it is the same as the St605n variant.
Excellent straight forward M42 mount, auto diaphragm, reflex camera, but be warned, the standard lens used plastic cases, and they split. The optics are very good though.
The body is very robust, mine came cheap, (er.. actually free!) as it was jammed, but cured in about 30 minutes with a very quick service. It now runs with a Steinheil 50 mm standard, just as good! Takes any M42 mount, and has not got the notch lock that Fuji used on early M42 mounts they made.
Quirky speed range 1/2th to 1/700th, with B and delayed action.
Very nicely finished, it was the Fuji budget model, and sold on price. The meter needs silver oxide cells, still made, but works will alkaline button cells if you want to watch the needle moving!..then set it to 250th at F8...for sun!
If they clunk on operation, it needs a new foam strip buffer to act as stop for the mirror, a medium foam will do, and removes most recoil noises. Glue in a 3.5mm thick strip at the front of the screen. Fuji nicely finished the reflex box in black flock.
Stephen.
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Post by Stephen on Sept 5, 2012 11:02:18 GMT -5
As with lot of seventies cameras foam was used on the door, in the two strips around the catch as a light trap. The old black foam crumbles away, and the best replacement is black felt about 2mm thick in each groove. It is not so much as a light trap, but it stops the door rattling!! The long back grooves do not have foam, but a strip of thin felt can be added to the area where the hinge closes at the other end. Rubber adhesive or contact glue is best, super glue can be deadly in cameras, it can drip where it is not needed! One drop on a focal plane shutter silk curtain and it is ruined.
Stephen.
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Post by Berndt on Sept 8, 2012 11:47:15 GMT -5
The original thread from May ? I must have missed it somehow. Beautiful camera. I'll go and try to check out more information at the Fuji HQ here in Roppongi. The museum staff are mostly retired Fuji engineers, always happy to have a good chat with people, interested in cameras.
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