[LRflex] Re: Fuji Competitor to the X1
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:41:46 -0700 (PDT)
Ola David,
I've been trying to point to what you're saying here for a few days now! :-)
"Can you imagine how well they'd do, if they made the body with a "generic"
mount, and supplied adapters for Leica "R", "M", Nikon,
Canon (Both EF-S & FD) lens mounts?"
If Leica 'bridges' proper manual focus lens aperture operation onto a Digital
Camera with a Decent sensor the world will beat a path to their door! Just look
at how many people are jumping through hoops to put them on Micro Four Thirds
Cameras, on EOS Cameras, and on Nikon Cameras! Heck - they wrote about it in
Popular Mechanics just a few months ago. All these folks are coping with stop
down metering and focusing, dim viewfinders, and the mft's folks are coping
with
a 2x crop factor!
Give these folks a 1.3x sensor or heaven forbid a Full Frame one! Then toss
in proper automatic diaphragm operation. Then sprinkle on top a real Autofocus
option for em with a market differentiating sensor shifting focus control --
it's Katie Bar The Door Time. The market research is already done: Folks are
already going to great lengths to plunk 'old glass' on their cameras and
putting
up with crap to do it. Sure it's a Niche Market, but I'd say it's certainly big
enough to act as a wonderful sales multiplier to a product which could stand on
it's own as a profit center.
Leica's are Expensive, why not give them even more reasons to buy one!
Richard in Michigan
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From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 9:59:46 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Fuji Competitor to the X1
At 01:55 AM 20/09/2010, you wrote:
>Ola,
> looks like Fuji has come out with a very nice camera to go up
> against Leica's
>X1. It's called the X100 and quite frankly --It's Gorgeous-- and if it takes
>even half way decent pictures, I think Fuji will sell em like wildfire. Steve
>Huff's site is where I spotted it, but I hear it's also up on dpreview, too.
>http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/09/19/the-leica-x1-has-some-competition-the-new-fuji-x100/
>
Good Morning, Richard!
WOW!
Now take that camera, toss the lens and add an "R" mount, and throw
in the Panashiba feature of brightening the LCD display, as the
aperture is closed, and you'd have an "adequate" solution, for
me! True, it is an APS-C sensor, but no smaller than the DMR's
sensor, and I've lived with that, very happily.
Can you imagine how well they'd do, if they made the body with a
"generic" mount, and supplied adapters for Leica "R", "M", Nikon,
Canon (Both EF-S & FD) lens mounts? Of course, Olympus (OM &
4/3rds) & Minolta mounts, would be a must. Perhaps, even Exacta
(includes Topcon), Miranda and other "antiques", as well! I suspect
it would be a niche camera, but one which might make them a LOT of money!
I like the "analogue" controls, and the very convenient +/- exposure
override control.
Even as it is, this is a camera that could interest me. Better start
saving my pennies, now!
Cheers!
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