Regards the size, that depends somewhat upon compatibility requirements for the interchangeable M-bayonet lens mount and the focal plane shutter. The X100 is a leaf shutter camera with a smaller sensor than an M9, and a lens custom-designed to fit it. It can certainly be thinner than a camera designed to be compatible with all M-bayonet lenses and a focal plane shutter. And still have an LCD for image review and menu operation.
On Sunday, May 29, 2011, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Godfrey DiGiorgi > > >> > Here are the first pictures, taken around Greenwich earlier today: >> > <http://www.web-options.com/X100/> >> >> Great, I'll be interested to hear your impressions as you become more >> familiar and comfortable with it. >> First results show promise ... >> >> > ... The optical viewfinder, which is why I bought this rather than >> some other >> > camera, is essentially just a framing device - you can't use if for >> manual >> > focusing, so you have to be aware of where the focus point is. ... >> >> That's one of the reasons why it didn't do much for me. Turn on all >> the overlays and it's a complicated, fussy view. Turn them off and >> it's a nice simple framing device, but the X100's EVF is no great >> shakes for manual focusing. I figured if that was going to be the >> case, I'd rather have the viewfinder be an option, exchangable with a >> better quality EVF when needed for precise eye level work. >> > > I can understand your thinking. I've been using the grid with the horizon > indicator today, for the novelty. HCB had a horrific premonition that > cameras would come equipped with rule-of-thirds grids, so I will switch it > off, but I was surprised by how far from horizontal I naturally frame. I've > no real interest in the EVF, and it doesn't represent the tones and colours > of the scene naturally. > > [...] >> >> I agree. For a Leicaphile, the Leica X1 does a better job of maintaing >> the simplicity and transparency of a Leica M sans the interchangeable >> lens and rangefinder focusing. >> >> I'd love to see Leica go with a CL-D along the lines of the brief I >> sent them a half dozen years ago now ... An electronically coupled >> optical rangefinder with manual focus prime lenses ... >> > > Well, a couple of hours ago I compared the X100 with the M3 and I can report > that they are the same thickness. The M3 is fractionally higher on the left, > and the M3 is longer by about 1.5cm, but what that tells me is that Leica > should be able to return to the M3 dimensions in the M10 when it comes, and > that's what I would like them to do more than anything else. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
