Comments on: Rumor: Full frame Zeiss Ikon digital rangefinder in development

By: boria

boria — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:02:52 +0000

A logical step – considering that leica does the same thing as zeiss at thrice the price i.e. offers M7 at approx. 3 times the price of ikon, and promotes it’s M8 digi-toy at even higher price. Personally I don’t see any reason for buying M7 instead of equally good ikon (apart from the label on it). Likewise I won’t see any reason for buying M8 if digi-ikon will be available (at a reasonable price).
On the other hand I’m shooting mostly film and – in general – I hate digi-cams for their poor overall image quality as well as for lifespan of a fruit fly.
Adding digi-ikon to zeiss’ portfolio might suggest that zeiss – as well as many other manufacturers – is going to betray film photograpers, and switch (completely?) to digital, wich would leave us with even less options for buing a camera.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:20:55 +0000

Oh god, I would absolutely get this, if I could afford it. I’m big on street photography, and I’m dying to get my hands on a nice rangefinder, film-wise I know what I want, but the digital offerings are so small. I hope this is real.

By: richard

richard — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:49:45 +0000

It could easily happen as a niche item, just like the Bessa/Epson RD1. It’s all Cosina anyway. A well designed, full frame digital rangefinder undercutting the future M9 could be very popular around the Leica/M/Rangefinder/Zeiss/German Loving set.

By: Sky

Sky — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:24:46 +0000

Not a fan of Nikon DSLRs either you are?

By: Peter Lombardi

Peter Lombardi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:06:48 +0000

really not a huge fan of the current batch of sony sensors, so not as excited as i should be right now.
-peter

By: m4/3

m4/3 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:44:06 +0000

It would be sweet if they did, but I’m not sure I can see it happening soon.