craigjohn wrote:
Hysterical. The camera doesn’t look like a DSLR, so it’s a gimmick. 🙄
DSLRs are legacy. Who wants one that looks like a DSLR anymore.
Some want cameras that look like film cameras, but are actually mirrorless with EVFs. In a way these are stylistic gimmick cameras.
Some want cameras that look like Range Finders but are actually mirrorless with EVFs. Also sort of stylistic gimmicks.
There are actually new Film Cameras available. No gimmicks.
There are also a couple of Range Finder cameras that are available as film or digital. No gimmicks because they actually are manual Rage Finders.
I find cameras like the Zf to be sort of a "homage" style camera. It is a pure digital mirrorless camera, that pays respect to the old manual film cameras in style, and to a limited degree workflow. There are people who find that an attractive proposition. But it doesn't fully implement, or optimize either. In that sense it can be seen as a "gimmick".
When leica makes a camera with a different color leatherette, metal plating finish, and in limited editions, multiplying an already high price, that to me is pure gimmick. But the buyers of those cameras often enough make large profits when they are done with them, instead of losing much of the purchase price like "non-gimmick" cameras buyers do. So, "gimmicks" may not be such bad things in the end.
For me a camera with this style esthetic should have native lenses that complete the style and workflow. That means lenses with an aperture ring on them. I don't think Nikon offers such things in the Z lineup.
I am not so concerned with an ISO dial, because changing ASA on the fly was not part of the film workflow ever. Auto ISO works just fine for me, and is a welcome feature.
craigjohn wrote:
Hysterical. The camera doesn’t look like a DSLR, so it’s a gimmick. 🙄
DSLRs are legacy. Who wants one that looks like a DSLR anymore.
Some want cameras that look like film cameras, but are actually mirrorless with EVFs. In a way these are stylistic gimmick cameras.
Some want cameras that look like Range Finders but are actually mirrorless with EVFs. Also sort of stylistic gimmicks.
There are actually new Film Cameras available. No gimmicks.
There are also a couple of Range Finder cameras that are available as film or digital. No gimmicks because they actually are manual Rage Finders.
I find cameras like the Zf to be sort of a "homage" style camera. It is a pure digital mirrorless camera, that pays respect to the old manual film cameras in style, and to a limited degree workflow. There are people who find that an attractive proposition. But it doesn't fully implement, or optimize either. In that sense it can be seen as a "gimmick".
When leica makes a camera with a different color leatherette, metal plating finish, and in limited editions, multiplying an already high price, that to me is pure gimmick. But the buyers of those cameras often enough make large profits when they are done with them, instead of losing much of the purchase price like "non-gimmick" cameras buyers do. So, "gimmicks" may not be such bad things in the end.
Sep 21, 2023 at 12:09 PM
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