Interesting half-frame Kickstarter

[Muggins]

Spotted at the Photography Show (Birmingham, UK) today - intriguingly off-the-wall little thing.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davefaulkner/alfie-tych

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Kinda cool. Put a faster "real" lens on it, ditch the hipster gimmick lenses, and I could bite. Or at least nibble. But at the end of the day, we need new "real" cameras. The old ones ain't getting any younger. And that doesn't mean a new M Leica, it means cameras for those of us who can't afford luxury toys.

 

[Dralowid]

As a fan of old cine equipment I am fond of a good turret full of lenses. Of course, as you turn the turret I expect the non reflex viewfinder to adjust to the correct field of view automatically.

I don't understand their choice of lenses though. I would expect a 'standard' in the camera with supplementary lenses for different focal lengths.

But what do I know about 'modern' photography...?

 

[jsrockit]

When film was cheap and plentiful, maybe. Now, nope.

 

[raydm6]

Interesting as a novelty but too many things can go wrong over time: mechanics, electronics, firmware, organizational/operational viability with no warranty/repair recourse.

I'll stick to my all-mechanical pinhole/zone-plate turret.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Interesting as a novelty but too many things can go wrong over time: mechanics, electronics, firmware, organizational/operational viability with no warranty/repair recourse.

Right. If I wanted that kind of aggravation, I'd buy a used M9.

 

[Muggins]

Interesting as a novelty but too many things can go wrong over time: mechanics, electronics, firmware, organizational/operational viability with no warranty/repair recourse.

Right. If I wanted that kind of aggravation, I'd buy a used M9.​​

*snorts tea down nose*