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Originally Posted by LoveDSLR
The only true digital rangefinders I know of are the Leica M8 and M9. ...
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You forgot
the Epson RD-1.
It predated the M8. It's still a terrific buy and damn-near impossible to find on the used market. But it's still a good bit less expensive than a Leica digital M.
If you don't mind the chunky gripped styling, there's also the Panasonic G1 and GH1, who are priced a little lower than the GF1. But this is a completely new technology you're talking about. And I doubt the prices are going to get a whole helluva lot lower than similarly-aged dSLR bodies any time soon.
The main acronym I've seen for these kinds of cameras are EVIL.
(Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens). Four-thirds is not required. There's also the new
Samsung NX1 which is using an APS-C sensor, and of course, Sony just announced
they're going to enter the arena as well with an APS-C:
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Ultra-compact camera with interchangeable lenses and APS-C sensor
In 2010 Sony will introduce a new ultra-compact camera with interchangeable lenses that teams “any time, anywhere” convenience with DSLR picture quality. Exhibited in early concept mock-up form at PMA, the camera features a newly-developed Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor. It will also support HD video recording using the efficient AVCHD format. Shown in mock-up form alongside the compact, easy-to-use new camera is a selection of compatible interchangeable lenses.
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Whether or not we get full-frame sensors like the ever-lustworthy M9 has, however, is going to be a matter of wait-and-see. If the offset microlens technology Leica created has a strong enough patent, it could be a 15 year wait...
And, of course, Samsung's got the S90 in its sights with the
TL500/EX1.
To me, it's early days, yet, and it's still anybody's game. Hence my purchase of an
S90 as my "interim" small-go camera until the EVIL dust settles.
Sure it's still just a tiny P&S, but it makes me laugh that it can do 12800 iso and f/2.0 and thus shoot in the dark if it really
really wants to.