If I Could Have Any Wish...

What if Fuji redid their huge GX 680 iii into a 645 version. It would be half the size and weight - it would have a rotating back, tilt and shift, built in macro. Lets have it take any digital back via adaptors. We'd need some good way to focus accurately for the tilt and shift - though come to think of it - electronic focusing aids would be ideal - forget auto focus, just let us have focusing sensors near the corners so we'd know when we are sharp.

This would be an absolutely awesome landscape, studio, fashion, architectural and product camera. It's not much of a stretch over current technology. It would have most of the flexibility of the view camera with almost the speed of the current 645 cameras. It would be a bit bulkier but nothing like a view camera. You wouldn't need a sliding back or dark cloth and you wouldn't have to flip the camera onto it's side!

Right, it's only two months to Photokina - a bit late for ramping up - so my wish would be that they started on this project two years ago and will be announcing it at Photokina. Don't want much, do I?