From: Larry Colen
On Jan 16, 2011, at 11:58 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "P. J. Alling"
John, it's modeled on the classic compact RF and VF cameras
of the late 60's early 70's. The best of them were elegant
simplicity. A lot of cameras have been designed to "look"
like Leicas. This is designed to evoke a general look a
"Canon TL Hi-Matic Electro"* I'm only glad they didn't take
their inspiration from the Kodak 35 RF.
(An amalgamation of a number of different manufactures
classic RF cameras).
Still, I think it could work with interchangeable lenses even if
all the available lenses are primes. With the way they've
implemented the Electronic View Finder, the lenses wouldn't even
need an adapter for the viewfinder window.
I think it's a beautiful camera; classic styling and, as you say,
elegant simplicity. I'm even impressed with the fixed lens
they've chosen for it.
But what do you do if the focal length of the fixed lens doesn't
suit what you want to photograph?
What I always did when my only lens was a 58mm was to crop as
needed. These days you can also stitch frames together.
More likely, if the lens is too short, you crop in post production.
If the lens is too long, you get creative and look for alternate
compositions that are detail shots.
I understand how that would work.
Too long doesn't really seem as much of a problem, given the ability to
stitch frames. I'm already dealing with that in APS-C, where my 18mm
lens produces the F.O.V. that a 28mm lens would produce on my film cameras.
Too short is another matter. You can only crop in so much before you
begin to lose IQ. Are you going use a 12Mp camera to produce a 2Mp
image? Move in closer if you can, but sometimes you just need a longer
lens.
Note: I don't remember what actual pixel count they're specifying for
the X100, but I have a hazy recollection it's around 12Mp.
It doesn't have to be interchangeable lenses, although that would have
more appeal for me. A longer lens might be an auxiliary converter that
mounts on the existing fixed lens.
All other things being equal, a camera that could use a selection of
interchangeable lenses would appeal to me more than a camera that
offered a selection of auxiliary lenses that mounted to a fixed lens.
But that camera offering a selection of auxiliary lenses would appeal to
me more than a camera that offered no selection.
I'm not saying there's only one way to solve the "problem", only that
it's a problem they have to solve if they want to sell this camera to
me. And even that isn't an absolute no.
If I found some "style" I wanted to pursue that a fixed focal length
camera suited, this one looks like an elegant solution.
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