Timeline for Why is the market for digital rangefinder cameras so much smaller than it was for film-based rangefinders?
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| Sep 11, 2018 at 18:26 | comment | added | Orbit | I think Leica has created the entire market. People went to buy a Leica because they wanted something special, and the rangefinder is even better to talk about on a party than another Leica. It was never about the photo's. | |
| Sep 10, 2018 at 22:42 | history | edited | xiota | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
punctuation, formatting; removed first sentence, stating premise of Q flawed isn't necessary
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| Sep 7, 2018 at 19:31 | comment | added | OnBreak. | @MichaelClark - that's interesting. Honestly, as someone who likes to shoot film, I absolutely love the old SII w/ the collapsible 50mm f/3.5. It weighs a bit, but it's footprint is tiny. Easily fits in a back pocket. | |
| Sep 7, 2018 at 18:43 | comment | added | Michael C | Even in the post 1960-65 film era, most people mainly used rangefinders because they liked the whole 'retro' part of the experience. They were hipsters before being a hipster was not uncool. | |
| Sep 7, 2018 at 17:50 | comment | added | OnBreak. | Side note: The compact has lost out to the cell phone. Side Side note: I'd buy a digital TLR if one ever came out. That'd just be fun. | |
| Sep 7, 2018 at 17:12 | history | edited | mattdm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
minor puctuation
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| Sep 7, 2018 at 16:14 | history | answered | OnBreak. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |