[Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

  an interchangable lens AF system would necessitate greater size and 
complexity of the lens and lens-mount, and importantly for a viewfinder 
camera, would require a more complex optical finder.

from the marketing viewpoint, an interchangable lens system camera would 
become a substitute for leica Ms and DSLRs, rather than a complement.  
while building a substitute may be desirable, the audience, price 
points, scope of functionality, and ability to capture customers of an 
existing system require a different analysis, and from what i've read, 
companies building system DSLRs are racing to the bottom in terms of margin.

so a stand-alone quality P&S in the vein of the Contax T family makes a 
lot of sense to me, at least.  the next question is whether the price 
will be higher or lower than X1.

-rei


On 09/20/2010 09:48 AM, W. R. Smith wrote:
> I wish somebody could explain to me why they didn't make so it would take 
> some kind of interchangeable lenses. Otherwise, it just looks like some 
> gimmicky (retro look) P&S to me.
>
> --- On Mon, 9/20/10, EPL<manolito at videotron.ca>  wrote:
>
> From: EPL<manolito at videotron.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 7:33 AM
>
> But will they make an all-black version???
>
> ;-)
>
> Emanuel
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