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My credit cards getting nervous.
Firstly can I say how much that last statement resonates with me. Cameras come and go here on a pretty regular basis, but there always seems to be a m4/3 camera (or two) around.
Regarding the Fuji.
I guess it shows what a diverse lot we are. I was prepared to ignore it for the most part, imagining that it would more or less be an X100 with interchangeable lenses. Then more details started to sneak (or at the moment flood) out. No AA filter, Fuji coming out with an m-mount adapter, its the same size as a Leica M9, I've heard there's a grip for it and now finally today that the body only is 450g with battery and card, which means its about 100g heavier than a NEX-7 and about 100g heavier (just the body) than the X100 which has the lens included. The Leica M9 is only just under 600g, so the Fuji is going to be a decent chunk of machinery. Factor in metal lenses and this is some distance from your average compactalike CSC. I would estimate that the body + one of the lenses will (if that figure of 450g is correct) be roughly the same weight as an M9 - body only.
Unfortunately (and the sound you can hear is my credit cards whining!) this is almost EXACTLY what I reckoned was my perfect camera. I had this dream of a camera that was the size and layout of my (now departed) M9 + grip, but about 150 to 200g lighter, that had lenses that were basically similar to the smallest and lightest of the m-mounts, that had no AA filter and had AF or a focus peaking feature similar to the Sony NEX.
Oh dear!!
Those scamps at Fuji seem to have "seen me coming" again. (For all those in the UK who watch Harry Enfield) I'm telling myself over and over again, I didn't like the S5, I was somewhat disappointed by the X100, and all the raw files I've seen from the X10 don't impress me much. Its too expensive, I've got far too many cameras, its "only" 16MP when I've got 24MP on my NEX-7, its winter and.... and.....
OK. I give in. Can I have one now please. I want it now.
NOW!
but not the right combination of size, weight, and IQ for me at this point. The more stuff other companies put out, the more I keep coming back to m43 as the right set of tradeoffs for me.
Firstly can I say how much that last statement resonates with me. Cameras come and go here on a pretty regular basis, but there always seems to be a m4/3 camera (or two) around.
Regarding the Fuji.
I guess it shows what a diverse lot we are. I was prepared to ignore it for the most part, imagining that it would more or less be an X100 with interchangeable lenses. Then more details started to sneak (or at the moment flood) out. No AA filter, Fuji coming out with an m-mount adapter, its the same size as a Leica M9, I've heard there's a grip for it and now finally today that the body only is 450g with battery and card, which means its about 100g heavier than a NEX-7 and about 100g heavier (just the body) than the X100 which has the lens included. The Leica M9 is only just under 600g, so the Fuji is going to be a decent chunk of machinery. Factor in metal lenses and this is some distance from your average compactalike CSC. I would estimate that the body + one of the lenses will (if that figure of 450g is correct) be roughly the same weight as an M9 - body only.
Unfortunately (and the sound you can hear is my credit cards whining!) this is almost EXACTLY what I reckoned was my perfect camera. I had this dream of a camera that was the size and layout of my (now departed) M9 + grip, but about 150 to 200g lighter, that had lenses that were basically similar to the smallest and lightest of the m-mounts, that had no AA filter and had AF or a focus peaking feature similar to the Sony NEX.
Oh dear!!
Those scamps at Fuji seem to have "seen me coming" again. (For all those in the UK who watch Harry Enfield) I'm telling myself over and over again, I didn't like the S5, I was somewhat disappointed by the X100, and all the raw files I've seen from the X10 don't impress me much. Its too expensive, I've got far too many cameras, its "only" 16MP when I've got 24MP on my NEX-7, its winter and.... and.....
OK. I give in. Can I have one now please. I want it now.
NOW!