the next big thing in street photography?

It would seem that way wouldn't it. It seems to have pretty well everything that the hard core street shooter wants in a camera that comes in at a sixth of the price of an M9 ... with no lens!
 
it looks like a great shooter for a 35mm angle lens.
I have been using my M8 with CV 28/1.9 to fill the 35mm slot, along with the RD1s with the 50 "lux to round of the 75mm slot. (for a 35mm/75mm combo).

I could use the x100 for the 35mm slot, and use the M8 with CV 15mm to get a wider angle at 20mm, for a trio of choices: 20mm, 35mm, and 75 mm ....... let the dreams continue....
 
Keith said:
It would seem that way wouldn't it. It seems to have pretty well everything that the hard core street shooter wants in a camera that comes in at a sixth of the price of an M9 ... with no lens!
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hmmm some Nikon RF's for sale....
It's hard! Dumb good and trusty +50 year old cameras for a shinning new kid on the block.. just because the emotional can not cope with the it...

And then it will fell short of expectations (happens all the time right?!)... but drolling like a mad man...
Well, a Man got to do what a Man got to do.... resist (his own) temptation .... or not..... :angel: :bang:
 
Have any of the testers done any street stuff with it, apart from taking pictures of empty streets that is?
 
I think it comes down to true AF performance or how well the manual focus is implemented as to if it will be a great digital street camera. I'm excited... I wish I could pre-order in the US at somewhere outside of the NYC area.
 
jsrockit said:
I think it comes down to true AF performance or how well the manual focus is implemented as to if it will be a great digital street camera. I'm excited... I wish I could pre-order in the US at somewhere outside of the NYC area.
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You can. Precision camera, one of the RFF sponsors is doing pre orders with and without a deposit.
 
I just hope that, when on manual focus ,the lens will stay focussed and not have to pop into position, take the shot, then pop back.
 
_larky said:
I just hope that, when on manual focus ,the lens will stay focussed and not have to pop into position, take the shot, then pop back.
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This is a really good question. Skipping the time spent moving the lens into place is one of the major benefits of using MF on an AF camera. When this thing is in MF mode, I expect the shutter response to be basically instant.
 
tapesonthefloor said:
This is a really good question. Skipping the time spent moving the lens into place is one of the major benefits of using MF on an AF camera. When this thing is in MF mode, I expect the shutter response to be basically instant.
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They say in the brochure that if in OVF mode, shutter lag is .1 seconds. I doubt very seriously that if in MF mode the lens will need to move, why would it?
 
videogamemaker said:
They say in the brochure that if in OVF mode, shutter lag is .1 seconds. I doubt very seriously that if in MF mode the lens will need to move, why would it?
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I think larky was originally worried that the lens might have a "resting" position, and that the lens would only narrow down to the selected focus point once the shutter is triggered.

But if that was the case you wouldn't see the effects of your focusing in the EVF, and that's insane, so I withdraw my question. 😀
 
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