X100 compatibility with M system lenses

[former member]

In all seriousness: I will be surprised if an M10 does NOT have a hybrid viewfinder.

I look forward to the X-100 as a digital equivalent of my Minolta Hi-Matic 9, Canon Ql17l, and Konica S2.

 

[Frankie]

It would be easy to generate Framelines with the Hybrid finder for any focal length covered by the viewfinder. I forget, are they using an ARM?

ARM? If you mean a micro-processor type, then I have never read any Fuji talk about it.

Framelines are easy, so is a parallax-wedge [virtual RF], a focusing patch [up to 5X], even micro-prism type you like [essentially a bi-directional parallax-wedge].

DoF scale not so easy, what is engraved on the M-lenses needs translation...perhaps a snap-on plastic half-ring.

 

[Frankie]

In all seriousness: I will be surprised if an M10 does NOT have a hybrid viewfinder.

I look forward to the X-100 as a digital equivalent of my Minolta Hi-Matic 9, Canon Ql17l, and Konica S2.

Hey, Leica copying/emulating/imitating Fuji???

I predict M10 will have a self-illuminating LED for the framelines...a 3.5 x 2.5 x 2mm thick flat LED is available on eBay at ~$10 for a hundred, any color.

I looked forward to the X100 as my dZI + CV 40/1.4 equivalent...you recall how I got down the M-retrofit path.

 

[former member]

The Shutter mechanism of the M8 (and M9) demonstrates that Leica does not suffer the NIH syndrome.

So "adopting good ideas"... let's all keep an open mind.

 

[tapesonthefloor]

I predict M10 will have a self-illuminating LED for the framelines...a 3.5 x 2.5 x 2mm thick flat LED is available on eBay at ~$10 for a hundred, any color.

I think you're correct. Doesn't the M9-Ti use LED framelines? Or did I imagine that?

 

[Frankie]

I think you're correct. Doesn't the M9-Ti use LED framelines? Or did I imagine that?

You are correct. That was cause for much celebration by many. I fondled one in Tokyo soon after.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Focus confirmation is provided electronically, like the m4/3 cameras.