For week Four I went back to Flagler Memorial Fountain on Palm Beach Island. This time armed with a Fuji 6x9 rangefinder. It is sometimes called the Texas Leica because it looks like a giant 35mm rangefinder. This one was built in the 1970's. the 6x9cm negative is wonderfully large and the camera produces a wonderfully sharp image. It notoriously has a bokeh that not as soft and buttery as people like or i think this would be a much more popular camera. It's big, but it is quiet to shoot and the framing in the rangefinder and focusing are great. I really love knocking around with this camera. It does only get 8 shots to the roll so it does forces me to think about what I'm doing since between film cost and processing it amounts to 2$ each time a click the shutter. as opposed to $1 for 645 with 15 shots per roll.
I rated the Ektar 100 film at 64 iso it was punchy with rich but accurate colors. I enjoyed this film / camera combination and will use it again. Shadows are open and neutral and highlights held nice detail. As the cheapest Kodak 120 negative film I found I am very happy with it.
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