Retro rangefinder designs

On 2016-01-31 16:44:53 +0000, Davoud said:

Alfred Molon:
Fuji did it (X Pro 2), then Olympus followed suit (Pen-F). While the
Fuji has a tiny grip, the Oly has no grip at all and if you want to use
it with larger lenses, you better buy the optional grip which costs over
100 Euro (sigh!).

Both cameras are most likely very good. But because of this stupid
rangefinder brick look, they are hard to hold properly in your hands.

It's not the look that caused the SLR to displace the rangefinder.
Rangefinders are great with 50mm lenses, and thousands of iconic photos
have been made with them. But as soon as it gets technical--tilt-shift,
fisheye, extreme wide-angle, macro, extreme telephoto--the rangefinder
falls flat. They just don't have the versatility that most
photographers demand today.

However, the current Fujifilm cameras are mirrorless and the
X-Pro1/X-Pro2 are only rangefinder lookalikes.
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x_pro2/

They have all the benefits of a DSLR when it comes to lens
interchangeability including tilt-shift and specialized lens
adaptation, and this week the addition of their XF 100-400mm.
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujinon_lens_xf100_400mmf45_56_r_lm_ois_wr/

....and

they have a good selection of good glass for the X-mount down to
ultra-wide and fast primes.

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says...
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What I can't think of, is an excuse to justify the expenditure.

I have to explain everything to my wife...
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Alfred Molon

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Alfred Molon:
I have to explain everything to my wife...

If I may humbly say so, I have the world's smartest, kindest, and most
generous wife. I dare not mention that Canon has a new DSLR or that
there's a new, more powerful iMac out--she'll just say "Get it! You
need it!"

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On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:10:17 +0100, Alfred Molon
wrote:

Fuji did it (X Pro 2), then Olympus followed suit (Pen-F). While the
Fuji has a tiny grip, the Oly has no grip at all and if you want to use
it with larger lenses, you better buy the optional grip which costs over
100 Euro (sigh!).

Both cameras are most likely very good. But because of this stupid
rangefinder brick look, they are hard to hold properly in your hands.

So buy a Panny GX8.