neonart
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Fantasy?
Fantasy?
You know, I've thought about this lately a lot.
Im in the process of finding an RD1x in Japan, because I'm having major digital rangefinder withdrawals, and the options are limited.
I have a ton of film RFs, had a Bessa R, and lastly an M8. But film is inconvenient, and the M8 had terrible ISO640. Hopefully the RD1 has useable ISO800.
My current go-to for IQ is an RX1r. Amazing as it is, it's not a rangefinder.
So… I'd love an M but $7000 is just too crazy.
So, why the heck does no one in the industry see the GIANT HOLE that nobody is filling? An M mount full frame digital rangefinder in the $3000-4000 range?
Canon and Nikon are fighting it out for FF pro rigs. Everybody else is fighting it out for the low to mid range DLSRs and Mirrorless, and Leica is sitting pretty selling $5500 MEs and $7000 Ms!?
Heres my "fantasy", which I believe is somewhat rational and would sell:
Take a Co like Olympus* who knows glass and rangefinders (back in the day), with ties to Sony's fantastic sensors. Develop a nice M mount rangefinder with a modern FF sensor for $2995-3995 and 3 or 4 lenses (28,35,50,75) in the $500-1000 range. Using their lenses would yield accurate EXIF and maybe IS, or whatever. With LiveView and an optional VF you can use lots of other glass with adapters. (*Would also work with CV, Fuji, Ricoh, Canon, Nikon, Epson, maybe even Sony themselves.)
Now you have a true digital rangefinder for THOUSANDS less than a new M, with likely a better sensor. You can sell it to all of us longing for something like that, to Leica people as a second body (since some have a lot of money, they can buy them as throw-aways at weddings, or for their kids, etc.). You have a system of lenses, but you can also sell your own to the Leica people, the film RF people, etc…
DOES THIS SOUND CRAZY? Like a fantasy? I just think the marketing departments of most camera companies simply have blinders on, only looking at spreadsheets and social media trends, but have no real photographers working for them. (Fuji's seems to be better than most)
Oh well...
Fantasy?
You know, I've thought about this lately a lot.
Im in the process of finding an RD1x in Japan, because I'm having major digital rangefinder withdrawals, and the options are limited.
I have a ton of film RFs, had a Bessa R, and lastly an M8. But film is inconvenient, and the M8 had terrible ISO640. Hopefully the RD1 has useable ISO800.
My current go-to for IQ is an RX1r. Amazing as it is, it's not a rangefinder.
So… I'd love an M but $7000 is just too crazy.
So, why the heck does no one in the industry see the GIANT HOLE that nobody is filling? An M mount full frame digital rangefinder in the $3000-4000 range?
Canon and Nikon are fighting it out for FF pro rigs. Everybody else is fighting it out for the low to mid range DLSRs and Mirrorless, and Leica is sitting pretty selling $5500 MEs and $7000 Ms!?
Heres my "fantasy", which I believe is somewhat rational and would sell:
Take a Co like Olympus* who knows glass and rangefinders (back in the day), with ties to Sony's fantastic sensors. Develop a nice M mount rangefinder with a modern FF sensor for $2995-3995 and 3 or 4 lenses (28,35,50,75) in the $500-1000 range. Using their lenses would yield accurate EXIF and maybe IS, or whatever. With LiveView and an optional VF you can use lots of other glass with adapters. (*Would also work with CV, Fuji, Ricoh, Canon, Nikon, Epson, maybe even Sony themselves.)
Now you have a true digital rangefinder for THOUSANDS less than a new M, with likely a better sensor. You can sell it to all of us longing for something like that, to Leica people as a second body (since some have a lot of money, they can buy them as throw-aways at weddings, or for their kids, etc.). You have a system of lenses, but you can also sell your own to the Leica people, the film RF people, etc…
DOES THIS SOUND CRAZY? Like a fantasy? I just think the marketing departments of most camera companies simply have blinders on, only looking at spreadsheets and social media trends, but have no real photographers working for them. (Fuji's seems to be better than most)
Oh well...
Lss
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I find it very usable, but then I don't find M8 terrible at ISO 640. They have quite comparable ISO performance.