peterm1
Veteran
My preference is more for a category of cameras rather than a specific one. In the days of film many many very good cameras were made that were tiny and pocketable...and of course by definition full frame. I owned a Contax T2 (which was a comparatively larger but still objectively small camera with a superlative 38mm f2.8 Zeiss lens). The only camera equivalent I can think of today is the Sony RX1. Back then there were many others and most of them were by no means overly expensive.
So what I would like to see are more full frame digital pocket cameras. For years we were told this is not possible in the digital realm. (My question is why........ given that back in the film days there were very many full frame cameras of very small size). Never the less despite the denial that it is possible, more recently we have seen a few very, very expensive models come out like the Sony RX1 which demonstrate that whatever is holding back camera makers for selling such cameras the reasons are technical ones for this lack of such cameras in the market. Perhaps the problem is more that these days most people who would otherwise buy such a camera instead use a smart phone which has an inbuilt camera and for many of these people that's enough. But the Sony R1 is objectively a very expensive camera - in some senses its the 21st century equivalent of the first Leica to be made in the early 20th century............"Small camera big pictures". I think there is still a gap in the market - good quality full frame small and middle range in terms of cost. Sony seemed to be heading there with its NEX 7 (which however still had an APS sensor) but instead went down a different path with its larger A 7 series for its full frame offerings.
What I would like to see are more relatively inexpensive full frame small pocket digital cameras - let's say ones of about the size and price of the Panasonic GF1 when it first came out but preferably with in inbuilt EVF.
So what I would like to see are more full frame digital pocket cameras. For years we were told this is not possible in the digital realm. (My question is why........ given that back in the film days there were very many full frame cameras of very small size). Never the less despite the denial that it is possible, more recently we have seen a few very, very expensive models come out like the Sony RX1 which demonstrate that whatever is holding back camera makers for selling such cameras the reasons are technical ones for this lack of such cameras in the market. Perhaps the problem is more that these days most people who would otherwise buy such a camera instead use a smart phone which has an inbuilt camera and for many of these people that's enough. But the Sony R1 is objectively a very expensive camera - in some senses its the 21st century equivalent of the first Leica to be made in the early 20th century............"Small camera big pictures". I think there is still a gap in the market - good quality full frame small and middle range in terms of cost. Sony seemed to be heading there with its NEX 7 (which however still had an APS sensor) but instead went down a different path with its larger A 7 series for its full frame offerings.
What I would like to see are more relatively inexpensive full frame small pocket digital cameras - let's say ones of about the size and price of the Panasonic GF1 when it first came out but preferably with in inbuilt EVF.
