What if the digital CLE happened and nobody cared?

[thegman]

I think the Epson RD-1 is the digital CL, it's highly affordable, can make great photos. Sure, it cannot list as high numbers in it's spec sheet as an M240, but for 99% of us, it's good enough.

 

[jsrockit]

Another part of me, however, realizes that my ZI/R3A/R-D1/TLR/etc images were no better than the images I take with a DSLR or with the m43 camera.

Yep, me too. Luckily Fuji came to my (wallet's) rescue and I haven't looked back since.

 

[kbg32]

"What if the digital CLE happened and nobody cared?"

Honestly, I don't care. I don't think it'll ever happen. There are so many wonderful cameras out there of all formats. Leica missed the boat on this one. If they ever do it, it'll be too late. Zeiss, Voigtlander, Epson? Unfortunately, they missed their chance as well. People have been clambering for this for a long time. The manufacturers have not listened.

I agree with John. Fuji is rocking some wonderful stuff which should only get better and better. They listen. They haven't abandoned older cameras and have continued to produce firmware updates. If anyone can do it, Fuji certainly can.

 

[2WK]

Um, two of my photos made with the Olympus E-1 (5Mpixel FourThirds sensor, same format as Micro-FourThirds) and printed 20x24 inch image area took awards at a juried exhibition hosted by the Center for Fine Art Photography.

The camera that Steve Huff and several other rating places have given camera of the year to is the Olympus E-M1, not E-P1 (which was the first Olympus Pen digital camera circa 2008). With the E-M1 and its super clean, 16Mpixel sensor, I could do even better on technical quality than with the E-1.

APS-C and FourThirds/Micro-FourThirds sensor formats are not that different in size. Typical APS-C sensor (nikon, pentax, sony) is ~16x24mm, FourThirds format is 13x17.3 mm. If you crop that APS-C to reflect the same 3:4 format, it would be 16x21.3mm vs 13x17.3mm. Canon APS-C is even closer (native format about 15x22mm).

But ... Care more about content and expression than "IQ/resolution": it gets you much further in photography than details of sensor size and megapixels resolution. ;-)

G

Yes, that is the camera I meant. But thanks for the size reference, I had thought it was much smaller than that. I said I wasn't being fair! 😉
I should have also said I prefer IQ over autofocus speed, size and weather sealing. Content does of course take the cake.