stunsworth Posted March 30, 2010 Share #21 Posted March 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I couldn't see anything on the blog page that mentioned he was testing an AF rangefinder. Am I missing something obvious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Hi stunsworth, Take a look here New FF AF digital rangefinder & 35mm 1.2 lens. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rona!d Posted March 30, 2010 Share #22 Posted March 30, 2010 Unfortunately I´m also under NDA but can´t wait to hear you laugh or cry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted March 30, 2010 Share #23 Posted March 30, 2010 April first is coming. For those who are really slow, that is April Fools day. It happens every year and the bubble bursts 4/1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matlep Posted March 30, 2010 Share #24 Posted March 30, 2010 April first is coming. For those who are really slow, that is April Fools day. It happens every year and the bubble bursts 4/1 True. But real April fools jokes appear on April 1st. Not a week before. The then get exposed the day after. I hope there is some substance in this rumor. It would be fun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 30, 2010 Share #25 Posted March 30, 2010 Steve, mentioned here; http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-forum/120662-new-ff-af-digital-rangefinder-35mm.html I can't view his 'twits' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 30, 2010 Share #26 Posted March 30, 2010 James, I know - that's the first message in this thread - but I can't see any reference to a new camera on Jeff's blog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShyTot Posted March 30, 2010 Share #27 Posted March 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I still think it is very likely that this is an April fool's prank. Surely not. He wouldn't risk his reputation with such a puerile action. That's for kids and adults with massive egos that think the world will laugh at their stupid jokes. No, Jeff is a serious shooter with a reputation. He's got to be working with a company that's allowing him to drip feed the info into the market, otherwise every manufacturer will avoid him like the plague as being unable to hold a confidence. If it turns out to be a childish prank, it'll vindicate the guy in Leica who turned down Ascough's demands for special treatment with the M8. No, Jeff is not an attention seeking IDIOT; he's testing something, for sure. I've not got a clue what it is though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted March 30, 2010 Share #28 Posted March 30, 2010 It would be very good news if another decent manufacturer enters the digital rangefinder market - even if the product is only a pseudo-rangefinder (like the Contax G series). I am tired of the brand fetishists who follow Leica and how the company increasingly panders to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 30, 2010 Share #29 Posted March 30, 2010 Sorry Steve, hadn't realised it was the same thread Agree with Ian, competition would be good - but is this a rangefinder or just another EVIL digicam? I suspect that the rangefinder tag is incorrect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhabedi Posted March 30, 2010 Share #30 Posted March 30, 2010 Hmmmm.....a 35 f1.2 lens? Why not make it an f1? Right. It's certainly impossible to build a 35mm/1.2... Voigtlaender - 35 mm / F 1,2 Nokton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 30, 2010 Share #31 Posted March 30, 2010 Right. It's certainly impossible to build a 35mm/1.2... Voigtlaender - 35 mm / F 1,2 Nokton That's kind of my point - the 'standard' lens of this new camera is a 35 1.2 - why not offer something better?! On the other hand is a large heavy standard lens a good idea? Or maybe the new camera is a digital Voigtlander..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhabedi Posted March 30, 2010 Share #32 Posted March 30, 2010 That's kind of my point - the 'standard' lens of this new camera is a 35 1.2 - why not offer something better?! I think that a standard lens (which probably means it comes with the camera in the sense of a "kit" lens?) with f1.2 would be kind of cool. It'd certainly be much faster than pretty much anything else in the market. Not to forget that it'd be a faster 35mm lens than Leica can offer which'd be a smart move. On the other hand is a large heavy standard lens a good idea? Good question. I'd rather take a smallish, lightweight, affordable f2 lens than a bulky and expensive f1.2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted March 30, 2010 Share #33 Posted March 30, 2010 Sorry Steve, hadn't realised it was the same thread Agree with Ian, competition would be good - but is this a rangefinder or just another EVIL digicam? I suspect that the rangefinder tag is incorrect. James - by all accounts Jeff Ascough is a former Leica M shooter, so I don't think he'd be confused about what a "rangefinder" actually is. Incidentally, I did a quick read-through of the frenzied postings over on RFF - what I found most interesting (after the possibility that this is a new RF coming to market, that is) is that the majority of posters totally ignored what Ascough had actually tweeted (ie: full-frame, rangefinder and not-Leica) and simply ranted off on their own hobby-horses: deciding that it must be 4/3 or APS-C or Leica's M9.2. In other words, hardly anyone actually bothered to pay any attention to the information Ascough actually leaked. Interesting how the interwebs works... Another thing is that Ascough has set-up a wordpress blog-space for the new camera. No posts there yet - but obviously the manufacturer (whoever it is) is controlling the drip-feed of leaks, in anticipation of the launch (presumably at photokina). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhabedi Posted March 30, 2010 Share #34 Posted March 30, 2010 Another thing is that Ascough has set-up a wordpress blog-space for the new camera. He has? What's the URL? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted March 30, 2010 Share #35 Posted March 30, 2010 He has? What's the URL? AF rangefinder Blog Seems like he's going to a helluva lot of trouble to arrange this April Fool's joke huh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 30, 2010 Share #36 Posted March 30, 2010 James - by all accounts Jeff Ascough is a former Leica M shooter, so I don't think he'd be confused about what a "rangefinder" actually is. Maybe not but then again maybe he's using the term or been told to use the term deliberately to grab attention. We know that a rangefinder is an expensive precision optical piece of equipment, and rather delicate. If you are making an AF camera why bother to fit a rangefinder too? For manual focus you would simply have an AF confirm light/beep whatever. Unless it's an EVF with a 'virtual' rangefinder, but then that's not a rangefinder, it's an EVF. I've never seen a Contax G - what kind of manual focus did they have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted March 30, 2010 Share #37 Posted March 30, 2010 Can't say either I am under DFK........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhabedi Posted March 30, 2010 Share #38 Posted March 30, 2010 Unless it's an EVF with a 'virtual' rangefinder, but then that's not a rangefinder, it's an EVF. It wouldn't be a mechanical rangefinder, then. I think there's nothing in the definition of "rangefinder" that requires a purely mechanical/optical construction. It's just that most people think "rangefinder" is a synonym for "Leica" and there's no other way to do it... I've never seen a Contax G - what kind of manual focus did they have? I've never had one in my hand, but my understanding is that you focus with a wheel with no visual feedback in the viewfinder. Fastest Thumb in the West - PhotoRant.Com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhabedi Posted March 30, 2010 Share #39 Posted March 30, 2010 AF rangefinder Blog Thanks. Seems like he's going to a helluva lot of trouble to arrange this April Fool's joke huh? Yep. Interesting... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 30, 2010 Share #40 Posted March 30, 2010 AF rangefinder Blog Seems like he's going to a helluva lot of trouble to arrange this April Fool's joke huh? There doesn't appear to be any content on that blog from what I can see. But he does have 43 followers waiting in the wings... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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