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<p>You will notice that software updates include regular "update for digital camera raw files", unrelated to any installed software.</p>

<p>iPhones & colleagues are not undermining the camera industry. They are a part of it. In the process they wipe out the cheap point and shoots. They had to go.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120204/01440917661/photographer-appeals-ruling-saying-its-not-infringement-to-have-vaguely-similar-photos.shtml">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120204/01440917661/photographer-appeals-ruling-saying-its-not-infringement-to-have-vaguely-similar-photos.shtml</a><br>

To quote "The Whole Nine Yards":<br>

"It would be sad if it weren´t so pathetic".</p>

<p>1920 hours a year? One would think the american economy would be the strongest of all, given that amount of labour. But I digress.<br>

Nikki is preaching to the choir in this thread - non-photographers cannot grasp the work involved, and maybe cannot not even appreciate the results. No need to rant about that, let their cousin use his p&s and shoot for clients that realise the value of a professional.</p>

<p>My ancient Leica D-lux let me turn the LCD off and continue shooting. It has a viewfinder. BTW, I still think it is a beauty.<br>

http://www.dpreview.co.uk/news/0304/03041502leicadlux.asp</p>

<p>Which feature does the red arrow indicate, Shun?</p>

<p>thanks, Bill and Eric. Yes, 445g is more than you would normally put in a pocket. Used to pocket my Contax T2, but that was only about 300g, I think.</p>

<p>I got my three favorites: FM2, F2A, D300<br>

The sound of the F2 shutter is enough to make you drool..</p>

<p>I am at the moment very ambivalent as to whether I should buy an X100 or a Panasonic LX5.<br>

I have a Nikon DSLR + lenses, but need a pocketable (OK, large pockets) model that still delivers. The LX5 gives me a decent zoom range. The X100 gives me quick manual control and low light performance, but I am stuck with 35mm focal length (FF equivalent). The price difference does not matter; I just need to find out what will work best for me in the long run. This second camera would be used for casual shooting, city holidays, to carry around at all times.<br>

What would you do?</p>

<p>- and would those who talk about a Leica clone please look at all the japanese rangefinders from the 70´s. Thanks, I feel better now.</p>

<p>Pre-ordered an X100 yesterday. Got DSLR and pocket teeny sensor Leica C-Lux. Need pocketable "real" camera in line with my dear, departed Contax T2.</p>

<p>I bought a cheap aluminum 72-77mm step-up. It always freezes on the 77mm polarizer. Get a brand name model.</p>

<p>always USB cable. The rubber flap on my D300 fits without problems.</p>

<p>It takes guts to post such a photo and then wonder why the client wanted a refund, red lines or not.</p>

<p>That has not stopped Leica, though.</p>

<p>The black version will be available at an extra price, I am sure, Tse-Sung.</p>

<p>When I used my little Konica rangefinder in the 70´s, no-one called it an M clone, although the layout was very similar. The M camera layout is in biology described as "convergent evolution", that is, different lines of evolution converges at the same final form (sharks, dolphins, tuna). So in this context, the X100 is not retro. It is just the most logical camera layout.</p>

<p>In Denmark: "nickon" with two short wovels</p>

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<p>Yeah, I keep frothing at the mouth for a compact APS-C camera, and was just about to fall all over myself seeing this. However, the limits of the lens (no zoom), the large size (I can't really call it compact), and the probable high price make we wonder what excites folks about it.<br>

That's actually a question. Do tell.</p>

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<p>When employing an aps-C sensor, it is difficult to make the box much smaller. X1 is smaller but not with EVF. Don´t need zoom, have used compact film camera with fixed lens for years. Will pay 1000€ right away, seems reasonable given the advanced VF system and fast lens.</p>

 

<p>from another PN thread, just my two cents:<br>

Thanks, Fuji, for making the camera I need as a replacement for my dear, departed Contax T2 (compact film camera w/ gorgeous 38mm/2.8 lens, AF and MF capability). The price seems to be 3/4 of the price for a Leica X1, but I would prefer the Fuji any time, even at the same price. They share the ingenous getting rid of the PSAM switch simply by having "A" on the aperture as well as the shutter speed selectors. Yes, the X1 is smaller - but not any longer when you put a finder on top of it!<br />The X100 is called a Leica clone. These people must be too young to remember the Yashica, Konica and Olympus rangefinders.<br /><br />Some lament the lack of interchangeable lenses. But a fixed lens can be made to match the sensor and focusing engine (and the ingenious DOF scale!), and the lack of lens mount makes it more compact - and the whole point of a camera like this is something you put in your coat pocket for a bike ride, city weekend trip or when visiting friends; situations where a DSLR will just get in the way.<br />It is a tell-tale sign of the value of a quality compact camera that more than half of the framed prints on my walls from my film days was taken with the Contax, not with the Nikon SLR gear!</p>

<p>Thanks, Fuji, for making the camera I need as a replacement for my dear, departed Contax T2 (compact film camera w/ gorgeous 38mm/2.8 lens, AF and MF capability). The price seems to be 3/4 of the price for a Leica X1, but I would prefer the Fuji any time, even at the same price. They share the ingenous getting rid of the PSAM switch simply by having "A" on the aperture as well as the shutter speed selectors. Yes, the X1 is smaller - but not any longer when you put a finder on top of it!<br />The X100 is called a Leica clone. These people must be too young to remember the Yashica, Konica and Olympus rangefinders.<br /><br />Some lament the lack of interchangeable lenses. But a fixed lens can be made to match the sensor and focusing engine, and the lack of lens mount makes it more compact - and the whole point of a camera like this is something you put in your coat pocket for a bike ride, city weekend trip or when visiting friends; situations where a DSLR will just get in the way.<br>

It is a tell-tale sign of the value of a quality compact camera that more than half of the framed prints on my walls from my film days was taken with the Contax, not with the Nikon SLR gear!</p>

<p>what´s the big deal? Write "photo by Brenda Itch" (that´s the way it was, right?) or delete the stuff.<br>

Apart from these obvious facts, this could only happen in the United Lawyer States.</p>

<p>I seriously don´t mean to brag, but I can in fact afford a D700, Ilkka. But my D300 suits me just fine. Of course it would be nice to mount my dear MF primes on a fullframe body - again! But the 105/2.5 shines on the D300. Maybe later.</p><div></div>

<p>I used an FM2 and an F2 for 25 years before adding a D200/D300. Viewfinder differences didn´t annoy me at all. Getting used to AF, AE, zooming and no winding got most of my attention.</p>

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<p>My (straight) male friends say that they wouldn't want to disrobe in front of a male shooter for a whole host of reasons.</p>

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<p>This reminds me of certain fundamentalist religious people that insist on having gynecological surgery performed by a female surgeon.</p>