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Subject: [Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:15:21 -0400
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  fixed as in permanently affixed to the camera, and fixed as in fixed 
focal length (i.e., prime or non-zoom), but not fixed as in fixed focus.

fixed is an overloaded term.

-rei


On 09/20/2010 03:37 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG<
> leicaslacker at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> i think it said "fixed lens" didn't it? or did they just mean it's not a
>> zoom?
>>
> Fixed as in you cannot change it.  It is glued on the front.
>
>
>
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:25 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>
>>> It did not say what lens mount they were using, it would be nice if it
>> was the M mount.  Also too bad it is APS-C sensor and not full frame.  ;-)
>>> Gene
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "slobodan Dimitrov"<s.dimitrov at charter.net>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group"<lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:09:20 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital
>>>
>>> ...or maybe they know something, and decided to be the first out the
>> gate!
>>> S.d.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 19, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Bryan Willman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmmmm....
>>>>
>>>> A little bigger than an X1, but with at least the potential to compete
>>>> with the X1's outstanding image quality.
>>>>
>>>> The body apparently not so much smaller than an M9, but surely much
>>>> cheaper.
>>>>
>>>> And the viewfinder tech may turn out to be very very interesting indeed.
>>>>
>>>> An interesting camera indeed, and perhaps a good "motivator" for
>>>> Leica...
>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital)
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Message from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG) ([Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital)