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Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Fuji GA645W (1997) is an autofocus medium-format 6×4.5 cm camera with a fixed EBC Fujinon Super-EBC W 45mm f/4 lens — equivalent to approximately 28mm in 35mm terms. It is a variant of the GA645 platform designed specifically for wide-angle work, sharing the same compact polycarbonate body, passive autofocus system, and aperture-priority/program exposure modes of the standard GA645 but fitted with a shorter-focal-length optic optimised for landscape, architecture, and environmental portraiture.
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C41
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A 45mm wide-angle autofocus 645 camera in a body barely larger than a professional 35mm compact — the GA645W brought medium-format to landscape and architectural shooting without a tripod requirement.
| Field | Value |
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| Format | 120 / 220 film (6×4.5 cm, 15/30 frames) |
| Lens | EBC Fujinon Super-EBC W 45mm f/4 (fixed) |
| 35mm equiv. | ~28mm |
| Years | 1997–2004 |
| Shutter | Leaf: 2s – 1/700s |
| Flash sync | 1/700s (all speeds) |
| Meter | TTL multi-pattern |
| Modes | Aperture-priority, Program |
| Focus | Passive AF |
| Battery | 2× CR123A lithium |
| Weight | 760 g |
Fuji's GA-series compact medium-format cameras emerged from the success of the professional GW670 and GS645 lines in the 1980s, combining a more automated shooting experience with the image quality of medium-format film. The GA645 (1995) was the first of the autofocus 645 compacts — a genuinely novel product category at the time. The GA645W (1997) followed with the 45mm wide-angle version, and the GA645Zi (1997) offered a 55–90mm zoom variant for different shooting needs.
The GA645W addressed a real gap in the market: professional and serious amateur photographers wanted a medium-format camera for landscape and travel work that was small enough to handhold reliably and automated enough to react quickly, while still producing the larger negative area that justified medium format over 35mm. The 45mm lens (28mm equiv.) placed the GA645W firmly in wide-angle landscape territory — a focal length popular with nature and architectural photographers.
Production continued until approximately 2004, when the GA-series was discontinued alongside much of Fuji's film product development.
The GA645W is one of very few autofocus wide-angle medium-format cameras ever made. Its 45mm/4 lens is optically excellent — the EBC Super-EBC coating reduces flare effectively, and the stopped-down resolution across the 6×4.5 frame is competitive with fixed-lens technical cameras at the focal length. For landscape photographers, the combination of wide-angle coverage, medium-format negative area, and the ability to shoot handheld in low light is genuinely difficult to replicate at this price point.
The leaf shutter synchronises with flash at all speeds up to 1/700s, enabling fill-flash in full sunlight — a capability that a Hasselblad with a focal-plane shutter body cannot achieve. The fully automated film transport removes one operational variable in the field.
The GA645W's limitations are the fixed 45mm focal length (no zoom, no lens change) and the passive autofocus, which struggles in very low light and with low-contrast subjects.
Fixed EBC Fujinon Super-EBC W 45mm f/4 lens (non-interchangeable). Minimum focus distance: approximately 0.7m. Accessories: screw-on filter adapter (49mm thread), wrist strap, hard case. Compatible flash via hot shoe (non-TTL or manual) or dedicated Fuji flash units for TTL.
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