Fuji GX680II Professional
Fuji Photo Film · Fuji GX680 mount · 56 × 76 mm nominal 6×8 on 120 or 220 film (English Wikipedia); separate 120 and 220 holders as on the first body. camera-wiki lists a Roll Film Holder II for 6×7 and 6×6. · 1994
Also known as: Fuji GX680II · Fuji GX680 II · Fujifilm GX680II · GX680II Professional · GX680 II Professional · GX680II Pro · GX680 Ⅱ · Fuji GX680S · GX680 S · フジ GX680II · フジ GX680 II · フジフイルム GX680II · 富士 GX680II · GX680II プロフェッショナル
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuji GX680II Professional (1994–1997) | Fuji GX680 | 1994–1997 | — | Not published. |
| Fuji GX680S Professional (1995), without movements | Fuji GX680 | 1995–1997 | — | Not published. |
- Weight 4,256 g is English Wikipedia's figure with the 135mm lens, a film holder and the rechargeable battery; no bare-body weight and no dimensions were published separately for the II.
- Dates: Japanese Wikipedia has the II on sale in August 1994 and the S in December 1995; camera-wiki and English Wikipedia give 1995 for the II. The end year is the GX680III's launch, December 1997 (Japanese Wikipedia; camera-wiki); English Wikipedia runs the II to 1998.
How to tell them apart
- Same body shape, bellows and rotating back as the GX680; told apart by the focus-lock lever on the standard carrier and the finder mask that turns with the back
- NiCd 7.2 V pack and LED readouts shared with the first body; a body with an LCD, CR123A cells and strap lugs is a III
- GX680S: a II with the movement knobs deleted — the front standard only racks along the rails
- Listing trap: sellers write 'GX680 II' for a III, and 'GX680' with no suffix for any generation; look for the focus lock on the carrier
Fuji GX680II Professional (1994–1997):
- Focus-lock lever on the front-standard carrier in place of the first body's focus brake coaxial with the focusing knob (English Wikipedia)
- Viewfinder mask that switches between vertical and horizontal as the back is rotated (Japanese Wikipedia; camera-wiki)
- Still LED readouts and a 7.2 V NiCd pack: the LCD panel, CR123A cells and strap lugs belong to the III (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki)
- Front standard with rise/fall, shift and tilt knobs and a swing lever; a GX680S has none (Japanese Wikipedia)
Fuji GX680S Professional (1995), without movements:
- No rise/fall, shift or tilt knobs and no swing lever on the front standard: it only racks along the focusing rails (Japanese Wikipedia; camera-wiki)
- Otherwise a GX680II: same NiCd power, LED readouts and holders; takes every GX and GX M lens
- Fuji GX680II Professional (1994–1997): The second body, with a redesigned front-standard lock and the auto-masking finder. Movements by Japanese Wikipedia: shift 13 mm left and right, rise 13 mm, fall 15 mm, tilt 12° up and down, swing 12° left and right — the rise and fall figures are the reverse of the first body's 15 and 13 mm. About 4,256 g with the 135mm lens, a holder and the battery (English Wikipedia).
- Fuji GX680S Professional (1995), without movements: On sale December 1995 (Japanese Wikipedia), described there as a compact model that drops the GX680II's tilt and shift functions. camera-wiki notes it lacks the movement knobs. No weight or price for it was found; the equivalent IIIS of 1997 is about 340 g lighter than its full-movement twin.
Specifications
- Format
- 56 × 76 mm nominal 6×8 on 120 or 220 film (English Wikipedia); separate 120 and 220 holders as on the first body. camera-wiki lists a Roll Film Holder II for 6×7 and 6×6.
- Finder
- folding hood with a pop-up 2.5× magnifier and a matte screen with microprism centre; the finder mask follows the rotation of the back · 2.5× magnification · 100% coverage
- Shutter
- electronic leaf shutter made by Seiko in every lens, timed and cocked by the body (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki) · 8s–1/400, B · flash sync all speeds; PC socket on the body, hot shoe on the front standard; no TTL flash metering
- Film advance
- motorised, in the film holder: about 1 frame per second, automatic loading, single, continuous and multiple-exposure modes (camera-wiki)
- Back
- rotating back with interchangeable motorised holders and interlocking dark slide; separate 120 and 220 holders, each with an ER-3 backup cell (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki)
- Meter
- off-the-film silicon diode reading a central 25 mm circle after exposure, LW 4–18 at ISO 100, on LEDs; aperture-priority TTL AE with the AE Finder (English Wikipedia)
- Weight
- 4256 g
- Country
- Japan
- Accessories
- AE Finder FL, Magnifying Hood, Angle Finder, 2.5× magnifiers from −4 to +3 dioptres, focusing screens (camera-wiki) · 120 and 220 Roll Film Holders, Roll Film Holder II (6×7 and 6×6), Fuji and Polaroid instant holders (camera-wiki) · 40 mm and 80 mm extension rails (the 80 mm introduced with the II), standard, bag and long bellows, bellows lens shades, lens-board adapter for Linhof-type boards (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki) · 7.2 V NiCd battery and charger, 6×AA holder, AC adapter, 1 m and 5 m remote releases (camera-wiki)
The auto-masking finder is the II's visible change: Japanese Wikipedia says the mask switches between vertical and horizontal with the revolving back, and camera-wiki that it masks according to back rotation. Magnifiers of −4 to +3 dioptres, interchangeable screens, the Magnifying Hood, Angle Finder and AE Finder FL carry over (camera-wiki).
Where sources disagree
- Year
- 1994 (Japanese Wikipedia: on sale August 1994)
- 1995 (camera-wiki: replaced the GX680 in 1995; English Wikipedia: production 1995–1998)
Better supported: 1994 for Japan; the 1995 figure may reflect export availability
What reviewers say
- Kyle McDougall, via Fstoppers (Alex Cooke) (video) — Fstoppers' write-up of McDougall's video (November 2023): he met inconsistent frame spacing and light leaks, yet "remains enamored with the GX680" and upgraded to a newer body to cure them; Cooke's own line is that it is "certainly not a camera for everyone". Photofocus's earlier coverage names the body he shot for a month as a GX680II.
History
The GX680II Professional went on sale in Japan in August 1994, eight years after the first GX680, and changed the camera less than its name suggests. The body, bellows, rotating back, Seiko-shuttered lens boards and motorised film holders are those of 1986. What is new is on the front standard, where a focus-lock lever on the carrier replaces the focus brake that had been coaxial with the focusing knob, and in the finder, whose mask now turns with the back so that the screen shows a vertical frame when the holder is vertical. Japanese Wikipedia gives the movements as 13 mm of shift each way, 13 mm of rise, 15 mm of fall and 12° of tilt and swing, which swaps the first body’s rise and fall figures; whether that reflects a real change or the way the two entries were written is not settled. With the 135mm lens, a holder and the battery it weighs 4,256 g, about 110 g more than its predecessor.
It kept the 7.2 V nickel-cadmium pack, the LED readouts, the off-the-film exposure check and the separate 120 and 220 holders with their soldered backup cells; the LCD, lithium cells, strap lugs and multi-format holder all waited for the GX680III of December 1997. The 80 mm extension rail for close work arrived with the II. In December 1995 Fuji added the GX680S, which Japanese Wikipedia describes as a compact model that drops the II’s tilt and shift: the front standard has no movement knobs and only racks along the rails. It takes the same lenses and holders, and it is the direct ancestor of the GX680IIIS.
Kyle McDougall’s video, summarised by Fstoppers in 2023, is the one recent review found. He shot a GX680II for a month, ran into inconsistent frame spacing and light leaks, and moved to a later body to solve them, while remaining, in Fstoppers’ words, enamoured with the camera. The problems he describes are those of a thirty-year-old electro-mechanical holder rather than of the optics, and a buyer should run a roll through any holder before trusting it. The II is worth a small premium over the first body for the finder mask and the sturdier focus lock, but shares its dependence on a battery pack that has not been made for decades.
This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.
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