{"id":5796,"date":"2010-03-11T11:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2010-03-11T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T19:31:57","slug":"the-leica-for-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2010\/03\/11\/the-leica-for-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leica for the rest of us"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s more like it, Panny!<\/i><\/p>\n

After the tired product ‘refresh’ that is the Panasonic G2 (see below) this patent filing from Panny (from 43rumors<\/a>) shows a Leica rangefinder format micro four-thirds body with an EVF where a viewfinder should be and finally appears to take advantage of the compactness available to micro four-thirds designers. Miraculously they have managed to retain an electronic flash in a neat flip-up design in the center of the top plate.<\/p>\n

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Panasonic GF2 patent<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

I started thinking about writing something like “This is the final nail in the coffin of the antiquated Leica M rangefinder, a design now some 55 years old” but thought better of it. There will always be a market spot for the ultra-wealthy who think nothing of blowing $10k on a limited function display piece, and good luck to them. The GF2 is simply the Leica for the rest of us. Kudos to Panny for finally recognizing that a lot of serious photographers want a small rangefinder-format DSLR with auto everything.<\/p>\n

Let’s hope we see it later this year, at well under $1,000 for the body and with the same EVF definition as that found in the G1\/G2\/GH1 bodies, meaning excellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s more like it, Panny! After the tired product ‘refresh’ that is the Panasonic G2 (see below) this patent filing from Panny (from 43rumors) shows a Leica rangefinder format micro four-thirds body with an EVF where a viewfinder should be and finally appears to take advantage of the compactness available to micro four-thirds designers. Miraculously … Continue reading The Leica for the rest of us<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panasonic-g1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5799,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5796\/revisions\/5799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}