Looking at the new Fuji X100, my assumption is that the camera has a retro look and feel in order to capture some of the traditional rangefinder camera market. Although a tiny market, rangefinders sell in decent numbers and with high margins. Rangefinder enthusiasts are also very passionate about their cameras. I am one of those people.
The question I ask you is not do you want a Fuji X100 but does the Fuji X100 offer enough of the analog/rangefidner experience to make it a camera that you would buy?
Also, what is the analog experience these days?
Sometimes I ask myself, what is it about the cameras that I use that I really like about them, is it their analog-ness or something else? Their form factor? The way they smell? Why do we like the cameras that we buy?
My main camera is a Voigtlander Bessa R3M and I love that it is compact, fun to focus and has some pretty awesome glass produces interesting results. My Heliar 50 is a very retro Life Magazine type of lens and my Heliar 15 is just so wide and grand. I put them on a film body because I like some aspects of using a film camera and because I cannot afford a Leica M9. I would definitely miss the dynamic range of film and home processing if I went digital but could a digital rangefinder-ish camera satisfy me? This is my big question right now.
I know that the Fuji X100 would not meet my needs right now, but there is the possibility that it could offer some of what I like about my Bessa in a digital form.
What are your opinions, would you go X100?
Looking at the new Fuji X100, my assumption is that the camera has a retro look and feel in order to capture some of the traditional rangefinder camera market. Although a tiny market, rangefinders sell in decent numbers and with high margins. Rangefinder enthusiasts are also very passionate about their cameras. I am one of those people.
The question I ask you is not do you want a Fuji X100 but does the Fuji X100 offer enough of the analog/rangefidner experience to make it a camera that you would buy?
Also, what is the analog experience these days?
Sometimes I ask myself, what is it about the cameras that I use that I really like about them, is it their analog-ness or something else? Their form factor? The way they smell? Why do we like the cameras that we buy?
My main camera is a Voigtlander Bessa R3M and I love that it is compact, fun to focus and has some pretty awesome glass produces interesting results. My Heliar 50 is a very retro Life Magazine type of lens and my Heliar 15 is just so wide and grand. I put them on a film body because I like some aspects of using a film camera and because I cannot afford a Leica M9. I would definitely miss the dynamic range of film and home processing if I went digital but could a digital rangefinder-ish camera satisfy me? This is my big question right now.
I know that the Fuji X100 would not meet my needs right now, but there is the possibility that it could offer some of what I like about my Bessa in a digital form.
What are your opinions, would you go X100?
