X100: The Pro and Cons for me
Like a lot of other people, I like what Fuji have done with the X100. For me the main features that impress me are the integration of the HD VF and optical to give the best of both, information and direct vision, without making a SLR hump and overhang. As others have said - why couldn't Leica (or Sigma or Ricoh) have done even a straightforward internal OVF - it was never not a size issue for 35mm compact film cameras.
The other advantage for me is using a fixed compact lens - not a time wasting, battery wasting, damage-prone telescoping lens system. Just hope it has a filter thread - so maybe you can attach a wide or tele auxiliary to acheive an easy to carry system - and of course you would still have an f2 max aperture.
And yes, an interchangeble lens mount would have been the icing on the cake, but nothing has it all, and the auxiliary lenses maybe a workable (economical) alternative.
Of course depending on the way the AF works may make using auxiliary a problem due to their weight on the lens barrel. The beauty of digital is that while the OVF wont be designed for these lenses, the rear LCD means you can still get 100% accurate framing - especially for close ups - that's something you can never get with a real rangefinder - digital or film.
The deal buster for me would be lack of any WR sealing: I have destroyed 1 DSLR , a film SLR and 5 canon powershots in the last decade due to water spalshes or immersion. as someone who wants to take a camera fishing or hiking in any weather, some WR sealing would be great (especially like my Pentax K-7 and kit zoom which has survived 30 cm submerging in a mountain stream).
May be a digital Fuji HD-M may follow soon ...?
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The way the compact camera market is going, it seems that almost anything may be possible!