Moose thus spoketh:
> Such a completely different beast than the two mentioned. Much bigger,
> heavier and more expensive.
Not really. It's marginally bigger and heavier, but not in a bad way.
More expensive? It's all relative.
> Trades those characteristics and the large sensor for a fixed, single focal
> length lens. You are also paying a lot, in
> all three ways, for a unique viewing system that will only appeal to
> rangefinder folks. I rather like LCDs and love
> articulated ones.
It appeals to the folks that prefer the specific handling advantages
of the rangefinder, minus the disadvantages of the rangefinder.
> I'm very happy with the G11, and would be unhappy with the X100. Too big for
> pocket or belt, short of features I would
> require in something that big and heavy. µ4/3 makes little sense to me, as
> the lenses I would want to use render it
> unpocket/beltable, but at least it does have interchangeable lenses, both
> fixed and zoom. I would certainly go that way
> before an X100.
Once you equip an E-Pen to the equivalent of the X100, it's larger,
heavier and more expensive. I actually don't mind the fixed lens
because to me it isn't a solo camera, but one that works with a DSLR.
I think about my ideal Leica setup. It would probably be an M-body
with the 35/1.4 lens. The X100 is awefully close to that ideal.
But our usages, needs and desires are different.
AG
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