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Ray Padden
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This is just a wild thought, maybe a dream. For the past few months, since I returned to photography I have been a regular reader of Canon Rumors. I love canon, still have my old F1. Canon have been hinting at a medium format and a range finder spin off, so here are my thoughts on the matter.
Canon have mentioned about aquiring a company with medium format experiance and they have spoke of introducing a range finder, ok, I call it a range finder, the new name is evil. One company that is no longer in the market that I know of, is Contax.
Contax were the 'poor mans lecia', not that the prices were with in my poor wallets range. Contax had models covering rf, slr and mf.
I would like to picture a canon evil similar to that of the G Series, classic styling with an ef mount, maybe a few specialize lenses and a smaller flash with it.
Again with medium format, keep the ef mount (contax slr lenses could be used on hasselbalds) and maybe release a range of leaf shutter lenses to avail of high shutter speeds with flash.
These are just my thought as I said, but will finish with this.
Canon 1D X ..... Canon PowerShot G1 X............... ContaX
Canon have mentioned about aquiring a company with medium format experiance and they have spoke of introducing a range finder, ok, I call it a range finder, the new name is evil. One company that is no longer in the market that I know of, is Contax.
Contax were the 'poor mans lecia', not that the prices were with in my poor wallets range. Contax had models covering rf, slr and mf.
I would like to picture a canon evil similar to that of the G Series, classic styling with an ef mount, maybe a few specialize lenses and a smaller flash with it.
Again with medium format, keep the ef mount (contax slr lenses could be used on hasselbalds) and maybe release a range of leaf shutter lenses to avail of high shutter speeds with flash.
These are just my thought as I said, but will finish with this.
Canon 1D X ..... Canon PowerShot G1 X............... ContaX