Ultra high end rangefinder coming?
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From: RichA on 30 Mar 2010 21:32 http://43rumors.com/jeff-ascough-is-testing-a-new-rangefinder-microfourthirds-or-not/ This is interesting. The Canon wedding shooter Jeff Ascough just revealed that he is testing a brand new rangefinder. I highly doubt that he is talking about a Canon camera. Not one of our sources ever heard something about it. It could be everything but it is a good moment to remind you that Panasonic is working on a digital rangefinder model! UPDATE: According to photorumors The standard lens is suppose to be 35mm f/1.2 and there are two more lenses. The rangefinder is full frame with magnesium alloy electronic shutter and supposedly with very good AF
From: Savageduck on 30 Mar 2010 21:49 On 2010-03-30 18:32:16 -0700, RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> said: > http://43rumors.com/jeff-ascough-is-testing-a-new-rangefinder-microfourthir > ds-or-not/ > > This is interesting. > The Canon wedding shooter Jeff Ascough just revealed that he is > testing a brand new rangefinder. I highly doubt that he is talking > about a Canon camera. Not one of our sources ever heard something > about it. It could be everything but it is a good moment to remind you > that Panasonic is working on a “digital rangefinder” model! > > UPDATE: According to photorumors “The standard lens is suppose to be > 35mm f/1.2 and there are two more lenses. The rangefinder is full > frame with magnesium alloy electronic shutter and supposedly with > very good AF” Reading all of the posts, the consensus of opinion seems to indicate an elaborate April Fool's prank. Not long to go, to discover if that is true. If it turns out to be true, it would be a pleasant surprise. A modern version of something like my old Yashica Electro 35 would be nice, regardless of the manufacturer. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: RichA on 31 Mar 2010 00:11 On Mar 30, 9:49 pm, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-30 18:32:16 -0700, RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> said: > > >http://43rumors.com/jeff-ascough-is-testing-a-new-rangefinder-microfo... > > ds-or-not/ > > > This is interesting. > > The Canon wedding shooter Jeff Ascough just revealed that he is > > testing a brand new rangefinder. I highly doubt that he is talking > > about a Canon camera. Not one of our sources ever heard something > > about it. It could be everything but it is a good moment to remind you > > that Panasonic is working on a digital rangefinder model! > > > UPDATE: According to photorumors The standard lens is suppose to be > > 35mm f/1.2 and there are two more lenses. The rangefinder is full > > frame with magnesium alloy electronic shutter and supposedly with > > very good AF > > Reading all of the posts, the consensus of opinion seems to indicate an > elaborate April Fool's prank. > > Not long to go, to discover if that is true. > > If it turns out to be true, it would be a pleasant surprise. > A modern version of something like my old Yashica Electro 35 would be > nice, regardless of the manufacturer. > > -- > Regards, > > Savageduck Or something smaller like a Minolta CLE.
From: Michael on 31 Mar 2010 00:22 On 2010-03-30 21:49:44 -0400, Savageduck said: > On 2010-03-30 18:32:16 -0700, RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> said: > >> http://43rumors.com/jeff-ascough-is-testing-a-new-rangefinder-microfourthir >> ds-or-not/ >> >> This is interesting. >> The Canon wedding shooter Jeff Ascough just revealed that he is >> testing a brand new rangefinder. I highly doubt that he is talking >> about a Canon camera. Not one of our sources ever heard something >> about it. It could be everything but it is a good moment to remind you >> that Panasonic is working on a �digital rangefinder� model! >> >> UPDATE: According to photorumors �The standard lens is suppose to be >> 35mm f/1.2 and there are two more lenses. The rangefinder is full >> frame with magnesium alloy electronic shutter and supposedly with >> very good AF� > > Reading all of the posts, the consensus of opinion seems to indicate an > elaborate April Fool's prank. > > Not long to go, to discover if that is true. > > If it turns out to be true, it would be a pleasant surprise. > A modern version of something like my old Yashica Electro 35 would be > nice, regardless of the manufacturer. The closest I've seen to something like a high end digital rangefinder is the Olympus Pen EP series, at least in size and look. But it is a micro 4/3 not a full frame. And the EP 1 has only a live view LCD screen. The EP 2 has a plug in EVF that in my opinion makes the camera somewhat clunky and unwieldy. To qualify as a high end digital rangefinder (i.e. digital Leica M series type camera) would require an integral EVF, at least an APS and preferably a full frame sensor, and a line of good lenses. That and the compact, trim package that makes the Leica M series so desirable. Super quality Leitz or Zeiss lenses wouldn't hurt. IMHO, that is. -- Michael
From: Matti Vuori on 31 Mar 2010 03:11
Michael <adunc79617(a)mypacks.net> wrote in news:2010033100220748664-adunc79617(a)mypacksnet: > To qualify as a high end digital > rangefinder (i.e. digital Leica M series type camera) would require an > integral EVF, Guess what? To qualify as a rangefinder, the camera would need to have a rangefinder, not an EVF. |