X70 with pics

I just can't warm to a camera without a viewfinder. Optical preferred, but if an EVF is excellent or better, OK. Except, of course if it's 4x5 or larger. 😀

Haha!! I used to say as well...The Ricoh GR changed my mind.
Large sensor with wide lens and fast refreshing LCD is a relatively new territory.
It's really a lot like composing on a brighter than daylight ground glass.
I was surprised with the GR ...having always hated Back lcd composition prior to trying it.
Great DOF and wide view changes everything.
I'm not sure a longer Focal length than 28mm equiv. would be as compatible.
This Fuji model adds a traditional shutter dial and aperture ring as an interface....
It's late to market but could still be a real winner.
 
Haha!! I used to say as well...The Ricoh GR changed my mind.
Large sensor with wide lens and fast refreshing LCD is a relatively new territory.
It's really a lot like composing on a brighter than daylight ground glass.
I was surprised with the GR ...having always hated Back lcd composition prior to trying it.
Great DOF and wide view changes everything.
I'm not sure a longer Focal length than 28mm equiv. would be as compatible.
This Fuji model adds a traditional shutter dial and aperture ring as an interface....
It's late to market but could still be a real winner.

I agree completely. LCD works great for 28mm and wider IMO. I think the Fuji is interesting because of the tilt / touch screen. It really could make it more interesting than the GR for that reason. I wonder who will have the balls to put out a 21mm version of this type of camera (like the Ricoh GR21).
 
Haha!! I used to say as well...The Ricoh GR changed my mind.
Large sensor with wide lens and fast refreshing LCD is a relatively new territory.
It's really a lot like composing on a brighter than daylight ground glass.
I was surprised with the GR ...having always hated Back lcd composition prior to trying it.
Great DOF and wide view changes everything.
I'm not sure a longer Focal length than 28mm equiv. would be as compatible.
This Fuji model adds a traditional shutter dial and aperture ring as an interface....
It's late to market but could still be a real winner.

WELL Little Miss Sunshine ... I am persuadable. I will sheepishly admit to even using the LCD on my X-Pro1 to composing and shoot. I do it in tight situations where the subject is well below or above me and I can't really move enough to get the shot otherwise. (Never interpret that to mean "My butt is on the couch and I am just too ****ed lazy to move and the dog is right there beside me and looks so cute so I have to make a picture of her so I will just use the ***n LCD like a tourist.)
 
I agree completely. LCD works great for 28mm and wider IMO. I think the Fuji is interesting because of the tilt / touch screen. It really could make it more interesting than the GR for that reason. I wonder who will have the balls to put out a 21mm version of this type of camera (like the Ricoh GR21).

Until then an X body with a 14 and just use the screen. Not as small, but ...
 
Looks interesting, but still not the 28mm compact that I would buy. It looks like it has a fixed pancake, unlike the GR and Coolpix A that have retracting lenses -- I hate retracting lenses, so that's one plus for the X70. Physical aperture and shutter dials -- check and check. But it lacks the simple addition of a manual focusing ring with distance info. That's one big minus for me. And no EVF. A small minus. Even my crappy Voigtlander Vito Auto has both.

Still hoping Olympus will finally come to their senses and give us Digital Trips, with 40mm and 28mm lenses.
 
Still hoping Olympus will finally come to their senses and give us Digital Trips, with 40mm and 28mm lenses.

I am not sure I follow on this one, outside of u wanting an Olympus as opposed another brand maker. Isn't there already equivalents out on the market like
- 14 or 20 pancake lenses on
-- Olympus epl or Panasonic gm bodies
Or are u suggesting something like the old film Minolta Dual...
Or 2 different fixed sensor bodies

Gary
 
I agree completely. LCD works great for 28mm and wider IMO. I think the Fuji is interesting because of the tilt / touch screen. It really could make it more interesting than the GR for that reason. I wonder who will have the balls to put out a 21mm version of this type of camera (like the Ricoh GR21).

+1

Gary
 
I am not sure I follow on this one, outside of u wanting an Olympus as opposed another brand maker. Isn't there already equivalents out on the market like
- 14 or 20 pancake lenses on
-- Olympus epl or Panasonic gm bodies
Or are u suggesting something like the old film Minolta Dual...
Or 2 different fixed sensor bodies

Gary

I think Olympus doing it is the point—it would be fun to see how they iterate on the Fuji X100, Leica Q, Sony RX1-type concept, especially since they were so good at it in the film era.
 
if the filter thread is 49mm then maybe the Ricoh GW-3 will fit on the X70 😉
if it does, I might be interested even though I hate X-Trans II as hopefully it will have better dust sealing than the GR (basing this on the X100)
 
True for the most part, but I do photograph in very dim light at times with higher shutter speeds.

In those situations, yes. I think that for most of what Frank and I do, the DOF of super-wides allows zone focusing, especially on a smaller sensor. I was thinking about this today, how my Zuiko 21/2 on the X-Pro1 (yes, I know I'm again taking this thread OT - last time I promise!) makes up a decent street machine using hyperlocal distance shooting with a 35mm equivalent of ~32mm FOV, about half way between 28 and 35, highly useful for street and certain other genres.
 
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