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Fuji GX680III
By: Danny Burk
The Perfect Landscape Camera?
Cascade, Roaring Fork, Great Smoky Mountains NP; April 2002
One of the main reasons to use a GX680 is camera movement. Here, a combination of tilt, swing, and rise were employed to obtain maximum focal plane sharpness using the 210mm lens.
For some time, my all-purpose medium format SLR has been a Contax 645 with lenses from 35mm to 350mm. When time and circumstance allow, I shoot 4x5 using my Ebony SV45U2. While I enjoy using these cameras very much I can't call either one "the perfect system" due to the limitations of each. Using the Contax, many times I've wished for camera movements such as tilt and rise. While using 4x5 solves this, it opens up a whole new set of problems such as much longer setup and operational time, necessity of a darkcloth or reflex viewer, and handling of sheet film. Quite honestly, I only use 4x5 if I'm in locations where I already know exactly what, where, and how I want to shoot; ...

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