David Goldfarb
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I e-mailed to join the list. As long as the price isn't absurd, I want one.
For those hung up on TTL metering--it doesn't really do much for a fixed lens rangefinder. They can't focus that close, so you're not often in bellows factor territory, and it is possible to compensate for that anyway without TTL metering, if the meter is communicating with the focus lever (Canon had a system like this for autoflash exposure). There's only one lens, so the meter can be designed to have the same angle of view as the lens. TTL metering would compensate for filters, but it's not hard to add the filter factor using the exposure compensation dial or just by resetting the ISO dial, and it wouldn't be worth making the camera thicker, heavier, and more complex just to compensate automatically for filter factor.
For those hung up on TTL metering--it doesn't really do much for a fixed lens rangefinder. They can't focus that close, so you're not often in bellows factor territory, and it is possible to compensate for that anyway without TTL metering, if the meter is communicating with the focus lever (Canon had a system like this for autoflash exposure). There's only one lens, so the meter can be designed to have the same angle of view as the lens. TTL metering would compensate for filters, but it's not hard to add the filter factor using the exposure compensation dial or just by resetting the ISO dial, and it wouldn't be worth making the camera thicker, heavier, and more complex just to compensate automatically for filter factor.