Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first point and shoot was a Fujifilm. I played with it in the 90's. It closely followed the Canon Sure shot which got people shooting 35mm film again. After the dark ages of photography the late 70's with people shooting disk film and 110. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:43:22 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital > > fascinating, thanks for the link. i don't think the camera is a > rangefinder per se, but does have an optical viewfinder which can > superimpose readout data sort of like a HUD. > > the sensor is about the same size as the X1 and the fixed lens is a stop > faster. according to my math, it should have a DOF similar to that of a > Contax T3 (35mm/f2.8)--something like 12 inches at 5 feet. > > the viewfinder seems fascinating, they figured out how to project more > than framelines into an optical viewfinder (which is something i'd long > thought would be interesting) > > my first personal (as opposed to family) digital camera was a fuji, and > it was quite a nice camera for its time, so this might be worth a look. > > -rei > > > On 09/19/2010 07:10 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information