DMJ Posted February 23, 2015 Share #1 Posted February 23, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Konost | Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Hi DMJ, Take a look here Konost {merged}. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jrbelmuda Posted February 23, 2015 Share #2 Posted February 23, 2015 Looks like a T with full frame... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgm Posted February 23, 2015 Share #3 Posted February 23, 2015 Awful choice of name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted February 23, 2015 Share #4 Posted February 23, 2015 I wish them well. Competition is good for consumers. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted February 23, 2015 Share #5 Posted February 23, 2015 Perhaps it's named after the inventor, in which case it's probably no worse than calling the camera a William? Great idea though, so long as it isn't any more expensive than a Leica. Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 23, 2015 Share #6 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Awful choice of name. Probably what many said about Leica. Actually two syllables containing a hard 'k' pronunciation has worked ok (pun intended) for Nikon and Canon….oh, and Leica. Jeff Edited February 23, 2015 by Jeff S Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgm Posted February 23, 2015 Share #7 Posted February 23, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) From their web site, they say it's a word they made up and it means 'simple and pure'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted February 23, 2015 Share #8 Posted February 23, 2015 The Konost camera is unique in that instead of using rotating mirrors and prisms in the rangefinder mechanism, it uses a secondary image sensor and image processing algorithms to display the rangefinder patch in the viewfinder. This allows the camera to be all-digital, decreasing manufacturing costs, and does not require high maintenance or re-callibration.I want to see that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 23, 2015 Share #9 Posted February 23, 2015 Sad thing for the sensor-bashers: A CMOSIS sensor... Let's wait and see if the vapour turns to substance... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted February 23, 2015 Share #10 Posted February 23, 2015 Doesn't work like a gameboy hopefully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bab Posted February 23, 2015 Share #11 Posted February 23, 2015 Glad someone started a thread on this; from the news blast I read looks like they went to the electronics scrap yard and picked up some idea's from old existing technology and made a nice drawing! 1/4000 doesn't cut it, neither does 20MP or ISO 6400 if they are planning on getting me to opt in. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted February 23, 2015 Share #12 Posted February 23, 2015 Looks an interesting concept, I hope it comes to fruition and I'm potentially a customer although unlikely to be an early adopter because I'm currently very happy with my M. They'll be confronted with the same problem of coping with oblique rays from wide angle lenses at the edges of the sensor that manufacturers of other short register cameras have been unable to effectively solve but I wish them well. Konost's innovative approach to a digital rangefinder/viewfinder suggests that perhaps they'll successfully innovate their way past this problem. Pete. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdriceman Posted February 23, 2015 Share #13 Posted February 23, 2015 Glad someone started a thread on this; from the news blast I read looks like they went to the electronics scrap yard and picked up some idea's from old existing technology and made a nice drawing! 1/4000 doesn't cut it, neither does 20MP or ISO 6400 if they are planning on getting me to opt in. Regards Wouldn't it depend on price and image quality? 20MP is plenty for 99% of what I do and probably most of us using Leica digital rangefinders. Heck, the M9 works pretty well at 18MP. And, if at 6400 it renders a nice clean image, that's good enough for most of us also. Having a less expensive, lightweight rf style camera with which to use my M lenses would be pretty attractive for me. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted February 24, 2015 Share #14 Posted February 24, 2015 Probably what many said about Leica. Actually two syllables containing a hard 'k' pronunciation has worked ok (pun intended) for Nikon and Canon….oh, and Leica. Jeff Kodak, too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted February 24, 2015 Share #15 Posted February 24, 2015 Probably what many said about Leica. Actually two syllables containing a hard 'k' pronunciation has worked ok (pun intended) for Nikon and Canon….oh, and Leica. Jeff And Nicca. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dant Posted February 24, 2015 Share #16 Posted February 24, 2015 Looks good. Maybe this company can make them out of plastic and get the cost down? I wish Fuji had made a true knockoff of a Leica for about $2500. But any rangefinder choice is welcome. Hopefully this cam is reliable and produces. I can't be relaxed with my Leica's. Too expensive to lose. That is why I shoot Fuji a lot, but I hate the Fuji controls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 24, 2015 Share #17 Posted February 24, 2015 Kodak, too. Yep, should have remembered that one. George Eastman loved the strong letter 'k' (and reportedly once visited the village of Kodok in Africa). Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted February 24, 2015 Share #18 Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like a T with full frame... ... which would be very appealing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted February 24, 2015 Share #19 Posted February 24, 2015 Does it shoot video? Just buy a Leica and you are already happy as a clam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winedemonium Posted February 24, 2015 Share #20 Posted February 24, 2015 I wish them well, and I look forward to seeing the finished camera. Competition is good, and if a lower entry price brings lots of new customers to the rangefinder concept, then some of them may feed into Leica as the 'ultimate'. That's good news for Leica - tricky if you are the only company pushing a system-type. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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