IkarusJohn Posted September 28, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 28, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Interesting times. Hot on the heals of the L Mount collaboration between Panasonic, Leica & Sigma, a French company has announced a full frame, M mount, LCD-less camera (the iPod of photography) and Zeiss announces the ZX1, full frame, 35mm fixed lens 37.5MP camera ... What more does Leica have up its sleeve. https://leicarumors.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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terrycym Posted September 28, 2018 Share #2 Posted September 28, 2018 You wait for one bus then four turn up all at once A new French camera that takes M mount lenses that will be announced today Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted September 28, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 28, 2018 https://leicarumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PIXII-camera.pdf 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted September 28, 2018 Share #4 Posted September 28, 2018 Looks potentially more interesting than the Zenit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted September 28, 2018 Share #5 Posted September 28, 2018 Looks potentially more interesting than the Zenit.I was about to say the very same thing.Promises to be reasonably priced too as there's no screen being controlled through your phone Let's hope they have a modern sensor with good low light capability Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailwagger Posted September 28, 2018 Share #6 Posted September 28, 2018 Konost II. I'll believe it when I can actually order it. More interested in the Zeiss at this point. That I believe will see the light of day. What is interesting though is that both of these cameras seem to be trying to break the mold. Built-in CC, no memory slot on one hand, no screen, setup and playback via cellphone on the other. Not sure how I feel about that to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted September 28, 2018 Share #7 Posted September 28, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) What's CC ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyros Moutsouris Posted September 30, 2018 Share #8 Posted September 30, 2018 What's CC ? Adobe Creative Cloud... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted September 30, 2018 Share #9 Posted September 30, 2018 I don't see the relevance of the Zeiss to this forum other than the fact that they make M mount lenses. Their new camera is fixed mount Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgdinamo Posted September 30, 2018 Share #10 Posted September 30, 2018 I don't see the relevance of the Zeiss to this forum other than the fact that they make M mount lenses. Their new camera is fixed mount It seems like Zeiss direct take on the Q concept (fast fixed lens with full frame sensor). There is a thread in the Q forum where this is discussed (so that alone makes it relevant). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted October 19, 2018 Share #11 Posted October 19, 2018 More info here... https://pixii.fr/technical-specifications Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted October 19, 2018 Share #12 Posted October 19, 2018 but no price mentioned... If it's low enough it could be interesting if you've got a batch of M lenses and haven't switched to digital. Can't see it replacing or supplementing the M10 for my work though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted October 19, 2018 Share #13 Posted October 19, 2018 Am 28.9.2018 um 06:55 schrieb IkarusJohn: ...a French company has announced a full frame, M mount, LCD-less camera... I did not read anwhere that it will be full frame. The specs published on the pixii side say „CMOS Sensor with 5.5um pixels“. I confess that I don‘t understand what „5.5um“ means. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joakim Posted October 19, 2018 Share #14 Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) A 5.5µm sized pixel would correspond to a 28.5 MPixel FF sensor a 12.7 Mpixel APS-C sensor a 8.0 Mpixel m4/3 sensor assuming my calculations are correct...😁 I noticed that the Pixii homepage didn't mentioned anything about a memory card but a lot about how much this camera utilises a smartphone so I am wondering if all images are directly transferred to the phone and not stored by the camera at all? I assume this would mean JPEG only. Edited October 19, 2018 by joakim_d Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted October 19, 2018 Share #15 Posted October 19, 2018 Let's hope for the 1st option the specs mention 16 or 32GB internal memory. I assume there's no SD card option Probably live with that Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted October 19, 2018 Share #16 Posted October 19, 2018 Well, if one looks around to get some more information about „PIXII SAS“ one learns it‘s a Société par actions simplifiée founded in 2015 by one person with a capital of 50.000,-€. I presume their most important work consists of creating a website and waiting for a phone call by Dr. Kaufmann. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted October 21, 2018 Share #17 Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) On 10/19/2018 at 9:01 PM, UliWer said: Well, if one looks around to get some more information about „PIXII SAS“ one learns it‘s a Société par actions simplifiée founded in 2015 by one person with a capital of 50.000,-€. I presume their most important work consists of creating a website and waiting for a phone call by Dr. Kaufmann. Perhaps a Kickstarter campaign will follow... . (Ending like Meyer Optik Görlitz, C. P. Goerz and Oprema Jena) Edited October 21, 2018 by rjans Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted October 21, 2018 Share #18 Posted October 21, 2018 It doesn‘t look like „Kickstarter“. The Société par actions simplifiée (SAS) is a form of stock holder company to attract investors. Some well known french companies like Chanel or Airbus France are SAS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted October 21, 2018 Share #19 Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, UliWer said: It doesn‘t look like „Kickstarter“. The Société par actions simplifiée (SAS) is a form of stock holder company to attract investors. Some well known french companies like Chanel or Airbus France are SAS. Thanks, that’s indeed very different. Best Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted October 24, 2018 Share #20 Posted October 24, 2018 On October 21, 2018 at 11:41 AM, rjans said: Perhaps a Kickstarter campaign will follow... . (Ending like Meyer Optik Görlitz, C. P. Goerz and Oprema Jena) Or new "Yashica". Even if they will made it and sell it. Who is going to support and service it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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