Following on with Bob's Leica thought... I recently convinced Meg to give up her old D-Lux 3 in favor of the Type 109 Leica (which I believe would have been a D-Lux 7 if they hadn't changed their naming system.) EVF which turns on automagically when it nears your eye. RAW option. 24-90 equivalent lens. Solid build. WiFi. Packaged with a small removable flash. Video option. And takes good pictures.
Stan Sent from my iPad > On Nov 6, 2016, at 5:21 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > Yes, it's 35mm equivalent. I have a Fuji X100, which was the first generation > of that series. It's a nice camera, but my X20 sees far more use, and I may > sell the X100 to fund my French bicycle habit. > > These two Fujis are not, in my opinion, simple to use. The menus and user > interface are a mess. It's all to easy to change settings inadvertently, > without any warning, and I find it really confusing and difficult to restore > them to what I like. They are also not good for manual focusing because > although you can do it, there is no indication in the optical finder of what > you're focused on. On the X20 you can do focus peaking in the optical finder, > but to get it you have to do without other settings (or absence of) which I > find useful. > > Overall it is compromised in my opinion by its excessive complexity and its > attempt to do everything. They need me to tell them what it should be like. > > You can shoot some lovely black and white though, when you set it up right. > > What Bruce really wants, deep in his heart of hearts, is a Leica M typ 262. > He should bite the bullet, and go out and buy one. And some lenses too. > > B > >> On 6 Nov 2016, at 16:03, Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: >> >> Doesn't the X100T have a 35mm equivalent lens? It's 23mm on APS-C. So >> still hobbled to that. I side with Cotty here - X20 is a good option. >> I must put one on my Christmas list... >> >> Chris >> >>> On 6 November 2016 at 15:07, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Great suggestions. One of the older Fuji's is probably what I'll get. >>> I see that the X20 can be had used for below $400 US. >>> >>> I'd have been interested in the current X70 model if they hadn't >>> removed the viewfinder. Once again, no consideration for the millions >>> of reading glasses challenged folks. >>> >>> And the X100T would sure be cool if it wasn't hobbled with a 28mm equiv >>> lens. >>> >>> Thanks everybody! >>> >>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >>>> On 5/11/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>> >>>>> So what I'd like is pocketable and with the "feel" of an old school >>>>> film camera. That is, simple ergonomics. Simple interface, with >>>>> buttons and dials for the important most-used functions. I need >>>>> reading glasses to see closeup and I prefer devices I can work largely >>>>> by feel. Best if it has a viewfinder. Willing to consider EVF if I can >>>>> see it in the flesh and it convinces me. >>>>> >>>>> I'd be okay with a fixed lens, but it would have to be a normal. 50mm >>>>> FF equiv. Subjects would often be landscape features, and the wide >>>>> lenses on smartphones just drive me nuts. >>>>> >>>>> As a fellow Pentax user, what compact camera like this would you >>>>> recommend? >>>> >>>> Easy. >>>> >>>> Fuji X20. >>>> >>>> X10 at a push if you want something cheap, the 20 is better. >>>> >>>> The 30 has no optical viewfinder, preferring instead an EVF. I have no >>>> experience with it. Ask Dave. >>>> >>>> If I'm grabbing a single camera to shove in a jacket pocket and nothing >>>> else, it's always the X20. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Cotty >>>> >>>> >>>> ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, >>>> || (O) | Web Video Production >>>> ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> >>>> _____________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
