Fujifilm's zoom-lens 645 autofocus rangefinder — the last, top model of the GA line, from 1998.
The Fujifilm GA645Zi Professional, released in 1998, is the zoom-lens flagship of Fuji's autofocus 645 rangefinder-style family and the last new model in the line. Like its fixed-lens siblings it shoots sixteen 6x4.5 frames on 120 film (or thirty-two on 220) with fully motorised operation.
Its Super-EBC Fujinon 55-90mm f/4.5-6.9 zoom - roughly 34-55mm equivalent - makes it the only autofocus medium format zoom compact ever made, with a 52mm filter thread, program and aperture-priority plus manual exposure, built-in flash, data imprinting between frames, and a distinctive top-deck LCD with a thumb-operated zoom rocker. It came in titanium-look and black finishes.
As a one-of-a-kind camera with no successor, the GA645Zi has a devoted following among travel photographers who want framing flexibility without carrying lenses, and prices in the UK have risen steadily to sit above the fixed-lens GA645. Its slow long end rewards fast film, which is part of its handheld, snapshot-in-medium-format character.
Buying checks are all about the electronics and that zoom mechanism: power it up and run the lens through the full 55-90mm range several times, listening for stalling or grinding, and make sure it never throws an error code on the LCD (zoom and lens errors are the classic failure and are uneconomic to repair). Verify the top LCD shows all segments, the flash fires, autofocus confirms at various distances, and the film back door latches positively; a recent test roll from the seller is worth more than any amount of cosmetic polish.