Posibly Maybe 6 digital rangefinder cameras next year!!

[gustav[] pEña]

Posibly Maybe


1- Konica-minotal
2- RD-1
3- RD-2?
4- Zeiss Ikon
5- leica
6- Panasonic (maybe a less expensive leica?)

Who knows...posibly maybe we will also have a Digilux 3 Rangefinder .

 

[Bertram2]

Posibly Maybe
1- Konica-minotal
2- RD-1
3- RD-2?
4- Zeiss Ikon
5- leica
6- Panasonic (maybe a less expensive leica?)
Who knows...posibly maybe we will also have a Digilux 3 Rangefinder .

Possibly, maybe, possibly not, maybe not. So what ? What sense does it make to talk about rumors ? A waste of time. There are no announcements yet.
Bertram

 

[rover]

I would actually lean towards the thought that there will be none.

RD-1 sales are slow
Konica Minolta is behind the curve keeping up with DSLRs
Zeiss is behind in introducing the film ZI
Leica, yeah, I will believe it when I see it
Panasonic, they will be on the tail of Leica

 

[JoeFriday]

I agree with rover

 

[Bertram2]

I would actually lean towards the thought that there will be none.

RD-1 sales are slow
Konica Minolta is behind the curve keeping up with DSLRs
Zeiss is behind in introducing the film ZI
Leica, yeah, I will believe it when I see it
Panasonic, they will be on the tail of Leica

And let's keep in mind that up 'til today there is no idea anywhere how to get the RF-specific fullframe problems under control, if the lenses shall work without a crop factor.
ZI seems to have designed it's wides as retrofocus types, for Leitz it would mean a new set of lenses. That does not make sense for them. But an APS sized chip with a crop factor either I presume.
Bertram

 

[DougK]

Much as I would like to see more digital rangefinder cameras produced, I predict they will always remain a rather expensive niche item and I don't think we'll ever see a fixed-lens digital rangefinder.

I think it's much more likely that we'll see attempts at producing fixed-lens P&S with improved shooting controls like the Ricoh GR Digital. Although the initial reports (other than letsgodigital.com's enthusiastic preview) and photo samples posted to the web have been somewhat disappointing, in my mind the GR is at least a step in a promising direction.

 

[ywenz]

I think that we will see a digital Fed next year. That's what I think.. but who knows!?