In 2003 Cosina Voigtlander began the daring adventure of reviving analogue photography with her brand new Bessaflex SLR camera. While the demand for digital cameras surpassed the supply, Hirofumi Kobayashi, CEO and fan of the great German camera, wanted to relive the rich past once more.
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Texas: Big, bigger, biggest. Leica: better, best. That’s the idea behind the Fujica G690 from 1969, a medium format camera for the huge 6×9 size. For ‘Leica’ quality, the superior Fujinon lens weighs in. Still it sounds crazy coming from a country where the 35mm SLR was becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Fortunately, Fujica has always remained a maverick.
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