Not ordinary please. One of the nice things about both the Epson and
The Leica was their simplicity. Back to basics. For instance -
exposure compensation on the M8? Check the auto reading and then
select a different non-auto shutter speed or aperture. There may have
been a cuter way but that worked really well. The Auto setting worked
well as a meter.
Both of them felt like proper cameras - four variables - S, A, WB and
ISO. No scene modes, teeth finder or owt. No 'would you prefer 1/3rd
or 1/2 stop increments?' That's all a bit ordinary.
Just add AF. Leave the RF patch and allow MF tweaking plus focus lock
- that'd be more historically sound I suppose.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 15/09/2008, at 7:58 AM, Moose wrote:
> How about a nice ordinary digicam with AF with an enlarged top
> plate to
> house a mechanical view/rangefinder. The viewfinder would work to
> frame
> shots, but the rangefinder would be entirely unrelated to the
> actual AF
> focusing. One could even add a nice non-functional distance scale
> around
> the lens mount to be set from the rangefinder readout.
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