Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
So how do you know it isn't?
Wednesday we'll know...?😀No info at this time, Florian.
these are faked by a Vietnamese guy with a long history of posting mock-ups.
Well, yes, there are reasons it couldn't be a pop-up viewfinder, and it's the same reason there are little holes in the bodies -- these are faked by a Vietnamese guy with a long history of posting mock-ups. So untwist your knickers, get a G&T, and relax until 9-9-9. Or, even later than that.
JC
But I noticed something strange in one listing of X1 specs I saw. Yes, it has a fixed lens, but it has a 4x digital zoom according to that list. Could it possibly be that Leica have managed a Houdini act and designed a digital zoom of 4x that doesn't degrade the image quality to the point of non-acceptance? Could it be they've managed to use a fixed lens and get the same result digitally that a 4x optical zoom would previously have delivered?
Everyone here and over at Leica Users Forum is (rightly) rattling on about EVF/OVF for this camera. And quite a lot of discussion about it apparently having a fixed lens. That would seem to be a negative when compared to the E-P1 and GF-1.
But I noticed something strange in one listing of X1 specs I saw. Yes, it has a fixed lens, but it has a 4x digital zoom according to that list. Could it possibly be that Leica have managed a Houdini act and designed a digital zoom of 4x that doesn't degrade the image quality to the point of non-acceptance? Could it be they've managed to use a fixed lens and get the same result digitally that a 4x optical zoom would previously have delivered?
Useless feature, digital crop. As you say, just do the crop later. Remember 2 1/4 square negs?
Why would anyone spend good money for a camera and then intentionally degrade the image? There is no magic. You can't create resolution. The digital zoom is just nonsense. It may sell consumer cameras and so, perhaps it would be in the specs, but you would not use it and neither would I.
So what I'm wondering (and may find out tomorrow) is that if the 24mm fixed lens on the X1 is a really superior optic, and if the camera software allowed the image to be digitally zoomed in-camera, is it possible that Leica could provide an "acceptable" image that way instead of the expense, size and weight of an optical zoom?
But given the cheapskate image of "digital zoom", Leica is about the last manufacturer I'd expect to pioneer there - I'd expect that from somebody with much less reputation to lose.