Jeff Ascough under NDA for new Rangefinder

[Renzsu]

well.. depends on what's in the NDA.. maybe he's allowed to let some info slip to build up hype while other info HAS to remain confidential.

edit: maaaannn this thread is alive 🙂 I was too slow ^

 

[maggieo]

A(pril) F(ools) Rangefinder. Grumble grumble...

This.

Wind up the RFF and watch it go.

 

[filmfan]

A digital Hexar would be the best possible result.

 

[Kevin]

A digital Hexar would be the best possible result.

But a 24x36mm Fuji sensor would be killer !

Nevertheless I would settle for a digital Hexar if I could mount my m-mount lenses on it.

 

[percepts]

This.

Wind up the RFF and watch it go.

Now thats a novel idea. A clockwork camera that doesn't require batteries😎

 

[yefeihe]

Come on, folks! It's nothing but a new external range finder that Cosina is making, together with its zoom multi-finder and double shoe adapter, attached to a Micro 4/3 camera, you've got a rangefinder!

 

[Kevin]

Keep your crappy heathen M43 thoughts to yourself ... we have a new hypothetical digital full frame dream rangefinder camera to ponder !!

:angel:

 

[yefeihe]

Keep your crappy heathen M43 thoughts to yourself ... we have a new hypothetical digital full frame dream rangefinder camera to ponder !!

:angel:

Well, the external range finder also works for Canon EOS1Ds, Nikon D3, Sony A900, Pentax K7... They are all rangefinders then!🙂

 

[Ernst Dinkla]

I don't understand why anyone would think it was a Fuji. I think they exited the 35mm rangefinder market in the 1960s and the number of interchangeable-lens 35mm rangefinders produced by Fuji totals ... um ... zero.

And along with Mamiya they kept MF rangefinders alive from the 1960's till today.....

Fuji has the skills to produce the sensors for a nice rangefinder, it cooperated with Cosina on the Fuji 667/Bessa III.

For me it is the most likely company to be involved.
Next Zeiss + Cosina again. The Zeiss Ikon RF has always been a stop gap camera.

Not mentioned here so far is Samsung. The NX10 body could have had an M mount without changing the dimensions of the camera. Ebough measurements testify that. I already wrote that either it has an agreement with for example Cosina for an M-mount version (add a rangefinder then) or it can face Chinese customised MX-10's soon.

It would really be a surprise if Cosina isn't involved.

The only contradiction must be the "standard lens" 35mm 1.2 and FF. I think the last isn't FF 35mm.
There is a Zeiss Cinema 35mm (halfframe) lens 35mm 1.2, Schneider most likely has one too.


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

 

[foodiusmaximus]

this.

 

[Kevin]

foodiusmaximus ... is that you, Jeff ?

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

OK, I have to ask, since this April Fool's thing will not go away. What would be the point of a "joke" like this? Most people aren't especially invested in rangefinders except for this board, and the Leica user board...this guy isn't a member of this community...and he has a highly successful business to maintain, not to mention professional ties to a major camera manufacturer.

Non-losers do not perpetrate internet hoaxes. It would just be stupid. It would be the most obscure imaginable joke, and if you got suckered in, well, so what, because there are half a dozen other great small cameras on the market right now, so who cares.

Right?

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

this.

Oh, for Pete's sake.

 

[Finder]

No joke--a digital Dianna

 

[Tim Gray]

OK, I have to ask, since this April Fool's thing will not go away. What would be the point of a "joke" like this?

Even if it is a joke, it's not particularly funny. And I don't mean because people are getting worked up. Fake product rumors are lame; not creative at all and pointless.

 

[Kevin]

Nobody's getting worked up over this ... we're just having a little fun (Spaß).

If this is true, however, I sure hope it has live view, a swivel-tilt OLED screen, face recognition, auto-iso and dual SD card slots !!

 

[foodiusmaximus]

Oh, for Pete's sake.

I'm not the guy. But, considering the buzz thats been going around,
exhibit a: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/25/nikon-teasing-an-evil-camera/

I've had my eye on whats maybe coming out. maybe.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I'm not the guy. But, considering the buzz thats been going around,
exhibit a: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/25/nikon-teasing-an-evil-camera/

I've had my eye on whats maybe coming out. maybe.

Oh I have no doubt Nikon will enter the mirrorless market, but that is just the lamest rendering I've ever seen.

 

[foodiusmaximus]

Oh I have no doubt Nikon will enter the mirrorless market, but that is just the lamest rendering I've ever seen.

No doubt. I did get excited when I saw the crappy rendering! There is also the Canon Canonet/EVIL rumor thats been floating around since 2009. If thats the case then a digital version would in fact be a range finder.

 

[jsrockit]

But if it's AF, it's not an M mount, and who cares about still another new camera mount.

Me... I don't use many focal lengths anyway, so ...

We could use another up-to-date digital rangefinder out in the market. $7000 is too much for a lot of us to spend. I love my M8, but not at high ISOs.