Godfrey
somewhat colored
According to the Quick Start instruction manual, downloaded from the Pixii website:
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- The Pixii battery is removable.
- It has a micro-USB connector and runs USB 3.1. USB-C is a larger connector and requires additional power and services to run the full protocol.
- You can download the photos by connecting it to a computer without anything else as it mounts like a USB hard drive.
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CharlesDAMorgan
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Very decent black and white photos!
Oscuro
He's French, I'm Italian.
Caro,
I feel a small itch...you know...down there... This is troubling. Troubling because there is a lovely quality to these photographs.
I detest cars. I love riding in cars. They take me to the story, they run my friends to the hospital, they kill my friends and they used to carry my film, when I was a young woman, to the aeroplane that would perhaps wind up somewhere civilized.
To paraphrase a dear friend, "I hate this $hit. It makes me think that there might be an alternative."
So... Stephen, darling.... Is there, is this, really an alternative to the M-digital body? Really. I hate Leica service. I loved -- past tense -- loved my Leica film bodies and Leitz built superb optics... But so many systems work so very well now. Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic, Sony....
Achh... This is not for me. I have given all my Leitz lenses to people who can use them (there were only three....28, 50, 90...) and that will be that.
I will not look again.
Devotedly,
Mme. O.
I feel a small itch...you know...down there... This is troubling. Troubling because there is a lovely quality to these photographs.
I detest cars. I love riding in cars. They take me to the story, they run my friends to the hospital, they kill my friends and they used to carry my film, when I was a young woman, to the aeroplane that would perhaps wind up somewhere civilized.
To paraphrase a dear friend, "I hate this $hit. It makes me think that there might be an alternative."
So... Stephen, darling.... Is there, is this, really an alternative to the M-digital body? Really. I hate Leica service. I loved -- past tense -- loved my Leica film bodies and Leitz built superb optics... But so many systems work so very well now. Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic, Sony....
Achh... This is not for me. I have given all my Leitz lenses to people who can use them (there were only three....28, 50, 90...) and that will be that.
I will not look again.
Devotedly,
Mme. O.
Brian Atherton
Well-known
I’m trying to do the same.
Half-baked statements based on wrong information about a camera that only one of us here actually owns is unhelpful.
Stephen, what is your opinion of the viewfinder: eye relief; rangefinder clarity, low light effectiveness etc?
Thank you for posting the back and white shots, I look forward to seeing colour.
Nobody owns it here...
Brian Atherton
Well-known
Apologies. My error. ‘Has in their procession’ is more accurate.
farlymac
PF McFarland
You're right, G. Some of the information I have differs from what you have, and therefore I will have to remove myself from further discussion of the Pixii until such time comprehensive reviews from more than one source can confirm the actual make-up of the camera, and its operations.
PF
CharlesDAMorgan
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The thing about the Pixii that makes it worth looking at is
1) an excellent optical Rangefinder / Viewfinder (not another one of those damned EVF's!)
2) excellent images (perfectly usable, but smaller and lower resolution than many professional pixel peeper poopers would ever tolerate even in their worst analog nightmares).
Yet many people at RFF still find the smaller megapickeled RD1, M8 and M8.2 completely adequate. Time will tell if they find the Pixii adequate too.
Still, the Pixii is a VERY different shooting experience.
Its kind of like when the Leica M8 was first introduced. That was completely different and people who wanted to use it just had to adapt. I remember one photog who adamantly swore he would never buy the M8 when it was introduced because of the loud shutter. About 6 months later he was using the M8.
Well, if you want the different Pixii rangefinder experience, you will just have to adapt. No way around that.
I am just happy to have another non Leica digital M rangefinder choice in production. Its been a while since the RD1.
raid
Dad Photographer
The M8 has grown to be one of my favorite cameras. This is based on how much I enjoy using this camera. If your Pixii is enjoyable to use, Stephen, then it is a good camera for you.
shawn
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Are they mechanical framelines with electronic illumination (like the Leica) or is it really electronic framelines like in a Fuji? If it is really electronic framelines (and there is a position sensor on the RF cam) through software it should be able to not only correct for parallax but also adjust for frame size.
As far as collapsed LTM lenses while I haven't used all of them I have mounted/collapsed many into my M240 and RD-1 with no problems. Measured them all ahead of time. The RD-1 is different from the Bessa's in this regard as it has the spacer on the lens mount that pushes the lenses further away from the shutter.
Shawn
aizan
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Do you have any wides in the 18mm to 25mm range to test on the Pixii?
- Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 and f/1.8 and f/3.5 and f/4
- Voigtlander 25mm f/4
- Zeiss ZM 18mm f/4
- Zeiss ZM 21mm f/2.8 and f/4.5
- Zeiss ZM 25mm f/2.8
etc.
- Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 and f/1.8 and f/3.5 and f/4
- Voigtlander 25mm f/4
- Zeiss ZM 18mm f/4
- Zeiss ZM 21mm f/2.8 and f/4.5
- Zeiss ZM 25mm f/2.8
etc.
Electronic framelines, mechanical RF cam follower mates to the lens cam.
ZM's no. All the Voigts.
More Pixii tests will have to wait in line with other projects.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
I rarely need to look at a whole bunch of reviewers' impressions and opinions. I pick the one or two that I know well and enjoy their comments, and look to the manufacturer to provide detailed specifications and operational instruction documents.
The information I have is drawn from the specifications list and the Quick Start manual on the Pixii website. That's available to all, you should just go there and look at it, download it, if you're interested in learning about the camera.
... And from Stephen's impressions: Because I'm aware of Stephen's preferences through our long acquaintance, I can understand a good bit about the camera's feel and use from his impressions. (It's kinda like reading Jono Slack's review/impressions on a new Leica model ...)
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Emile de Leon
Well-known
Maybe its not DOA..
Kinda interesting actually..
Watch..after all my criticism..I actually get one...lol..
It would have to be good with wide angles though..
Kinda interesting actually..
Watch..after all my criticism..I actually get one...lol..
It would have to be good with wide angles though..
shawn
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That is one of a kind then. If they develop the software that could let anyone tweak framelines for coverage. If they adjust for parallax that means there is a position sensor on the cam so they could adjust for frame sizing too. Has any M mount Leica done that?
Shawn
Huss
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Thing is the M8 (and the RD-1) were the first of their kind, so it was a big deal that they just existed even though they were 'low' pixel count crop sensor cameras.
Then tech progressed, and the next Digital RF was FF and 18 mp. Then FF and 24. Now FF and 47-ish with the M10-R.
So after all that, in ways it seems a huge step back to the future to be at aps-c and 10mp again. Almost like de-evolving.
Tech has progressed with this camera, but in ways that perhaps are not what most people want. Still, if they can capture a buying audience, and one that meets their ability to survive, then good for them.
aizan
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imo, this is probably the first CPM camera that's made it to market. it's the shape of cameras to come!
imagine what people would say if this was an SLR-style mirrorless camera. i'm glad that they started with a rangefinder, despite not being wide enough.
imagine what people would say if this was an SLR-style mirrorless camera. i'm glad that they started with a rangefinder, despite not being wide enough.
shawn
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From a megapixel standpoint it is not up to current specs. But I don’t think any higher resolution still camera has a global shutter either. Sony’s don’t and they make sensors. So from that point PIXII are ahead of the crowd. When global shutter sensors become common there won’t be a need for a mechanical shutter. Other cameras need them to avoid rolling shutter problems, global shutters do not suffer that problem.
Shawn