LungFish
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Or to put it in a longer form,
"What is the relationship between the type of camera that a rangefinder is, and the new category of camera known as MILC, EVIL, CSC etc."
Are they new and old versions of the same thing? Is rangefinder a subset of mirrorless? Two different categories with an overlap?
Is the defining characteristic of a type of camera the focusing mechanism, the viewfinder or the form factor?
I personally think that the way you see the image before you press the shutter is the most important distinguishing feature. If you are looking through a non-WYSIWYG viewfinder that is one type of camera, looking at an electronically generated image is another type. Cameras which have the option of both optical (non TTL) and electronic views fall into both categories. Therefore, a Leica M and an Fuji X-Pro1 are the same type of camera, just with different focusing systems, but an M9 and E-P1 are different.
What are other people's thoughts on this?
"What is the relationship between the type of camera that a rangefinder is, and the new category of camera known as MILC, EVIL, CSC etc."
Are they new and old versions of the same thing? Is rangefinder a subset of mirrorless? Two different categories with an overlap?
Is the defining characteristic of a type of camera the focusing mechanism, the viewfinder or the form factor?
I personally think that the way you see the image before you press the shutter is the most important distinguishing feature. If you are looking through a non-WYSIWYG viewfinder that is one type of camera, looking at an electronically generated image is another type. Cameras which have the option of both optical (non TTL) and electronic views fall into both categories. Therefore, a Leica M and an Fuji X-Pro1 are the same type of camera, just with different focusing systems, but an M9 and E-P1 are different.
What are other people's thoughts on this?