(FT3) Olympus working on a new digital TRIP-D camera? - 43 Rumors
Might be nice if it had a non-LCD VF or some kind
Might be nice if it had a non-LCD VF or some kind
Yeah, this looks interesting the way the Canon G1X Mark II is interesting.
If it's cheap enough, I'm sure they'll sell a few.
Why not? Because you'd prefer to shoot with zooms? Those are available too... For some of us, walking around with a fixed lens prime (or maybe two of them sometimes) is the best imaginable day of shooting. In terms of numbers, they wouldn't make them if they didn't sell. So they tend to make what people want. You just don't get why people want them?I personally don't get the current trend of fixed prime lens cameras. I can see some people wanting them but not to the extent they are being produced. I give extra kudos to Sigma for at least making their's with several focal lengths to choose from.
An XZ with a larger sensor{1" or m4/3} and/or a range-finder VF makes more sense to me.
Nothing Sony could do with a 1" sensor would challenge the position of the RX1. It might be a nice smaller alternative for those who want that, but the RX1 is a unique beast and those who'd be willing to spend the money for what it offers would never be swayed by an otherwise similar but smaller camera with a 1" sensor. I've owned an RX100 (still in the family) and shot extensively with an RX10 and owned an RX1 for a year or so. And neither of the smaller sensor cameras were even remotely close to being in the same league as the RX1.That said, Sony could do it, too - a RX camera with a 1'' sensor and a bright fixed focal Zeiss lens would be as easy as pie for them to do. Will they ever do it? Knowing Sony, I think they won't ... Besides, they'd challenge the position of the RX1 with that ...
I love primes but hate spending $500+ for a camera that is stuck to one. I shoot Nikon and Olympus m4/3 as well and I often take just a prime or two. I understand why some people like this and there are several on the market already. But with the ever shrinking camera market I don't quite understand these cameras. They are only a tiny bit cheaper than simply buying a body and lens combo and are rarely smaller/lighter. If they were a lot cheaper and/or much smaller/lighter then they would make more sense in my mind.Why not? Because you'd prefer to shoot with zooms? Those are available too... For some of us, walking around with a fixed lens prime (or maybe two of them sometimes) is the best imaginable day of shooting. In terms of numbers, they wouldn't make them if they didn't sell. So they tend to make what people want. You just don't get why people want them?
-Ray
They are only a tiny bit cheaper than simply buying a body and lens combo and are rarely smaller/lighter. If they were a lot cheaper and/or much smaller/lighter then they would make more sense in my mind.
Why not? Because you'd prefer to shoot with zooms? Those are available too... For some of us, walking around with a fixed lens prime (or maybe two of them sometimes) is the best imaginable day of shooting. In terms of numbers, they wouldn't make them if they didn't sell. So they tend to make what people want. You just don't get why people want them?
-Ray