34:00 Why ask Hasselblad for Xpan and not Fujifilm (who made original Xpan) for TX-1? Also just two APS-C sensors enough for panoramic ratio, or half of GFX (by horisontal split). Thank you for mentioning Xpan.
I do not hate it as a complement to my DSLR. But every time I pick it up I have to think how to use it. If only Sony (or whoever) gave us one with better ergonomics and controls. Oh and if it’s possible, an underwater housing.
@@generalben No comparison. Rx 100 easily wins in low light and in clarity of image. Computational photography is the only thing that phones have but that is just a bunch of lies plasted in an image.
@@alen2937 I kinda disagree on low light. The stabilisation and compo-stacking of a phone provides a cleaner image in many cases. Also raw mode on phones now creates some quite pushable files. I'm not saying the RX100 isn't overall better, just saying the difference often isn't great enough to carry a discrete device. Unless, as I'm saying, you also get a 200mm zoom. No phone can touch that. (I have both a mkiv and a mkvii, the iv never gets used anymore)
The question I get the most from our Sony customers for a fixed lens 35mm camera is still the RX1 RIII. The RII was to early on the market. Jordan asked for the RX10II mkII, but this is a camera absolutly no one is asking for a 24-200mm F2.8, but I get you're intention. This would also make sence for photo. I like to have the Canon G5X MKII with me as a second camera at events. Completely underrated tool. But I just get asked for the RX10 V. It's loved by wildlife shooters. But the most asked camera with a fixed lens is the RX100VIII. You can't belive, how often the question for this camera comes up. I would love to see the Nikon DL 18-50mm F1.8-2.8. It's such a shame, that this camera was cancelt so close before shipping.
You guys need to start reviewing Viltrox lenses, because they are awesome. The aforementioned 13mm F/1.4 is beautiful, and the 27 and 75mm F/1.2 are outstanding on APS-C. Have several nice full-frame options too. They need more exposure, especially from bigger camera channels who only seem to care about $2000+ lenses
@@PetaPixelI’ve had a bunch of trouble getting replacement lens hoods for the 27 and 75 from Viltrox. They don’t sell em, even if you ask support. Maybe they will after the petapixel bump 👀
@@EmmaKAlexandra How careless are you with your gear, that you end up losing or breaking lens hoods? I've been doing nature and wildlife photography for ~10 years, hiking, climbing up and down all kinds of rocks and terrain, and I never even seriously scratched a hood, just minor scuffs.
@@houserhythm the lens hoods are plastic and have small pieces that hold the lens hood onto the lens. Those pieces snapped soon after buying the lens. So, the lens hood was very loose. A few times running for the train & the lens hood was gone. While I’m sure the hoods on big, expensive, first party wildlife lenses are built incredibly well, the same isn’t true for Viltrox lenses.
Not sure how the Nikon Coolpix A didn't get a mention. That was a great camera that just needs a refresh. I loved that camera and regret selling mine. Stick a 24mp sensor in it with an expeed 7 processor and that will be one great camera.
@@ulimuller7892 Totally! I love the ZF but some of these are not “practical” purchases and I just don’t get why Nikon doesn’t see the market trend for higher-end, fixed lens cameras. Look at the demand and pricing for Fuji X100 series vs what Nikon is charging for any of their DX cameras. Come on Nikon!
I was blown away that you actually answered my dumb HDR question. I was working on an HDR safari photo (for the first time) which made all of your comments more relevant. Great feedback, I will proceed to record in N-LOG and save the files until the world is ready. Thank you.
I don't think HDR will be mainstream on youtube until either (but preferably both) youtube get a HDR-SDR conversion pipeline that isn't completely horrendous like it is now, or they allow people to upload both an SDR and a HDR file of the same video. If you're shooting stills though, I don't think there is much benefit of shooting in N-LOG vs just shooting in raw.
@@Your_Paramour I sadly agree. I've always been an early adopter and fall into the same traps. HDR looks so good that I want to share the magic. With mobile phone screens becoming OLED/HDR, I thought the time was now. Its not.
The Sigma DP3 actually also has Chris' 75mm fixed lens on it (although only f/2.8). I'm surprised no one mentioned a successor to the Sony RX1 full frame fixed lens camera, which seems like something Sony should have released by now.
1:29:46 that’s my video! I can’t believe you called me a TH-camr😅 If I had a dollar for everytime I asked someone: “what do you think happens if you scan film with film?” while I was making that video, I would have at least 12 dollars😂 Thanks for the shoutout!
Tom Calton rocks. Not only is he amusing but he is also very nice and responsive. He actually responded to comments via email. You should hire him and put his videos on your site.
Sigma's fixed lens system did have a 75 equivalent. so if they modernized the full Merill lineup, we'd be good to go. I'm a fan of having two fixed lens cameras, one ~40 and one ~85 :) Also will go for an OG PEN-F. Or I didn't know existed... an updated PEN-S with a 40mm but actually coupled VF.
Dream fixed lens resurrection would be a digital Medium format Rolleiflex 2.8 style body, waist level digital viewfinder screen with pop up sun shade. 55mm ish lens, leaf shutter. Street Beast.
Happy (belated) birthday, Chris! I loved the conversation about the fixed lens cameras. I still own a Nikon 35ti, a Fujifilm X70, and a Panasonic LX100 Mk2. I would be fully onboard with updated versions of all 3 of these, particularly a new film version of the Nikon 28ti.
Happy Birthday Chris!, as everybody said, Canon has a lot of retro designs to look for, for me a Digital Canonet QL17 with the same 40mm f1.7 would be more than enough.
We need small cameras. I’m afraid that all the manufacturers will release those cameras a bit too late. Thanks guys for the podcast. Belated happy birthday Chris! 🎊
Fujifilm made the Hasselblad XPan 1&2 along with their own TX 1&2. So would it be more possible for Fujifilm to jump on that trend? TX 1&2 are going for astronomical prices on the used market too.
It'd be great to see a version of the x100 line with a 16mm lens, same 40mp APS-C but rear screens and viewfinder optimized for a wider aspect ratio, and a physical aspect ratio selection switch. That'd be equivalent, roughly speaking, to the 45mm lens on the TX-1 when in Pano mode. It doesn't really make sense to have an odd-shaped sensor (there's no reason not to have a sensor tall enough to use most of the image circle), but if they used one slightly bigger than the standard APS-C, that'd be nice, too.
Happy birthday Chris! This was fun. I like the updated RX10, and the new cute little Canon AF or Nikon Ti too. Neat ideas. My sons and I are enjoying the new Legend of Link too! So fun to play and so very different from their reference points of BotW and TotK.
I’m surprised none of y’all wanted a fixed lens film camera! It’s prime time to recreate whatever film bodies companies still know how to do, or have in a filing cabinet somewhere
I love Jordan Hassleblad X-Pan fixed lens cam idea. Would be wild if they made in with an Anamorphic lens and a optical viewfinder on top! Oh and I forgot, happy birthday Chris!
Podcast Question: With improvements in image quality and speed becoming negligible with each camera update for most users and even professionals, and after the AI train, when do you see manufacturers shifting their focus from hardware to user experience, like we're already seeing in the phone market? I believe there's a consensus that the camera experience software, on the camera/phone/desktop, needs major improvements to become truly usefull and enjoyable to use, from real-time backups to file exports, changing settings, etc., and that would probably be much more noticeable and appreciated than more megapixels and more "FIPS" for most users.
I would like to see a new version of the Panasonic Lumix LX100 with: - better dust and moisture sealing - better evf - a higher megapixel image, at least 20mp
I've taken selfies on a ton of cameras and I usually even set my C1 mode to selfies across all of my cameras. Stopping down to F/4 minimum, turning on 2-second timer, and continuous autofocus really helps. Wide-area AF with eye detection continuous autofocus means all I have to do is press the shutter. By continuous autofocus I mean the camera is literally always searching for something to focus on, not just in AF-C mode. Alternatively, you can just use a bluetooth remote like the Sony RMT-P1BT or Canon BR-E1. I like the Canon one because it's smaller, but I always lose them. Fujifilm is really easy for selfies because at the end of the two second timer, it'll actually refocus the lens until it locks onto an eye, unlike Sony and Canon, which lock focus when the 2-second timer begins. The X-App for Fujifilm cameras is also really good because you can use your phone as a bluetooth trigger. Only problem is the false positives in Fujifilm autofocus (not so much of an issue when I can stop down to F/4). I think Nikon has a selfie mode that refocuses the lens after the 2-second timer like Fujifilm, but only when the screen is facing forward (like for Z30 and Z fc). Hope this helps!
For the listener with the question about taking selfies, here are some tips: TL:DR: practice ahead of time and use manual focus. 1. Do a dry run/practice ahead of time to find your preferred position (framing) for holding the camera while taking the selfie. Don't worry about how you are going to actuate the shutter at this point. You may want to hold the camera at its base, use a selfie stick, mini tripod, etc. (for a pevious trip, I used a monopod + actuating head). Then practice getting into that position. 2. Set the manual focus ring of your preferred lens for the position that you found in step 1. Mark that on your focus ring so you can quickly find it when taking the selfie. 3. Decide how you will obtain exposure and actuate the shutter. Use a timer for the shutter. When taking the selfie, you can bring the camera closer to your face for exposure (bend your arm). That way, you can use touch screen exposure select or spot metering (tap your face, or point the spot at your face). Your image will be out of focus because you brought the camera closer, but the exposure will be right. 4. With the exposure locked, activate the shutter. This could be the shutter button, touch screen shutter or remote app. You can activate shutter before framing. Then during the timer countdown, perform framing by bringing the camera to the position you chose in step 1. If you practiced, you'll be able to do it quickly and accurately. The image will now be in focus. 5. Shout "lens", so that everyone in the selfie looks at the lens instead of the screen. Shutter will activate with your image in focus and exposure locked. Hope that helps. 😊
like Chris my last fixed lens camera was a film rangefinder (Canonet in my case). Unfortunately a lot of them from that era are basically unusable mechanically and ones with clean working electronics are hard to find today.
All the guest you bring are always fantastic. Tom was really funny. But i really think you should you should give a heads up so we can ask more specific questions to them. I know this would ruin the surprise of having a special guest, but we would also get a lot more out of the podcast
We wanted to involve Tom more but ran into bandwidth issues (as Chris alludes to in the intro) that caused some problems with back and forth. It, unfortunately, shoehorned us into a pretty closed format here. Apologies!
Working in with Tom's Kodak kick, how about a digital Box Brownie? You could actually fit an electronic standard zoom into the box. Keep the retro box style...
Alright, I'm joining in on the fun! OM-System: A modern MJU with fixed focal length and sliding cover design, weather sealing as OM-S does! Fujifilm: If I'm boss for a day, I'm ordering to design and produce a digital amalgamation of the medium format GS645W and Mamiya6 with hybrid-viewfinder. Hasselblad: A digital XPAN is a very lustworthy idea, but if anyone is going to take over from Contax it should be Hasselblad! A digital counterpart to the Contax T series? Yes please. Leica: I personally LOVE my Leica Minilux and subsequently the CM. So for that reason I'd love a digital recreation of that with a 40mm summarit lens. There's a reason people scavenged that lens and converted it to a modern mount... Pentax: I'm totally with you, I have and still enjoy the MX-1. I'd rather see a fixed focal length, or two set focal-lengths to switch between, than the zoom. Canon: Just give us a high-end IXUS. Your old IXUS camera's were actually very nicely built. Sony: Put some effort back into the RX series with an RX45 of some sort. I'd be fine with a Type1.0 sensor and a fixed focal length f/1.0 aperture, in a body that blends the design of the RX100 and ZV1's grip. Kodak: Really? Well, how about a digital Box Brownie with a built-in printer? Voigtlander: Hmm, difficult to think of something new. I'm with Jaron. That 667 looks sexy, pretty much want them to head the same direction as Fujifilm and create a modern Mamiya6 or Plaubel Makina. Zeiss: Oh Zeiss... Your ZX1 is actually incredibly lustworthy! I think you were really onto something there with the Android integrations and built-in memory, you just need better performance optimization.
My perfect fixed lens camera would be a full frame sensor with a crazy sharp lens and resolution, in the 40mm to 50mm focal length range and in body raw panoramic mode for the wider shots and landscapes
My first fixed lens camera was Olympus Mju II (or μΙΙ). I really loved this camera, I still own it, but I haven't used it the last 7-8 years. On the digital world I own a Ricoh GR (using it with 21mm adapter) and a GR III.
I’d love if the popularity from Fujifilm and Leica inspired other brands like Nikon and Canon. A Nikon S-Line 35mm / 85mm would be a killer 2-camera setup for my style. That’s the dream :)
@@jdelarosa89 Can’t go wrong with that, I love it. My current 2-lens kit is the 24-70 2.8 S with the 135 Plena on my Z8. I’ve shot entire events with only these two lenses, and 99% of weddings (need that macro for the ring shots). Because a fixed lens camera can be designed more compact, I’d love to see how a 35 and 85 pairing would look. While a 35(ish) model seems likely, I wouldn’t bet any money that any brand would make an 85 compact. I hope I’m wrong about that. :) Cheers.
Canon: G5X III with phase detect AF OM System: Pen F II with weather resistance Fujifilm: Klasse S and W (preferably half frame film) Contax: T3 Pentax: 35 (full frame like 17) Sony: RX100 VB or RX1R Leica: Minilux
I like the idea of a premium compact superzoom cameras with manual zoom operation similar to the Fujifilm FinePix HS series. This would make for a quick camera for occasional wildlife and sports photography! I don't see myself spending lot of money on a telephoto zoom for my mirrorless system because these lenses tend to be HUGE ! However, I feel like the current sensor technology and the huge advance in processing speed would make these type of cameras very fun to play with!
I sold my Nikon d850 system to buy my Leica Q3 28mm. It took 3 months until it was delivered. I sold my antique cameras and got on the wait list for the Q3 43. Im not gonna buy the 75!
Going fully into the short tele range might be niche, but I could see someone doing a tight-standard, something like a 58mm or 60mm. Still a heck of a light tighter than a Q3 43.
@petapixel To Darren with a computer question. The answer is your Mac is overheating. MacBook Air doesn't have a cooling fan so as you work it starts to heat up and when it gets to a certain temperature it throttles.
I would love to see updated Merrill series, with better processor, faster post processing, better autofocus, better battery life of course and preferably with and EVF. Sensor can stay the same.
What I want most is a tight-standard with a fairly fast lens. 55mm f/1.7 or so on full frame, but something like a 40mm on APS-C would work, too, if just swapping the lens on a Fuji X100 chassis. Just about all the other compacts are wide angle cameras, aimed at street photography or family. But having a tight-standard with a moderately fast aperture with a leaf shutter, built-in ND and Flash, and it'd be a portrait beast of a camera. If willing to crop the FF version you'd have an 85mm f/2.5 basically. // That said... something fun would be a digital version of the Pentax 17. Same basic controls and body, except add an AF position to the otherwise zone-focus system. An autofocus-to-zone-focus system seems like an interesting alternative to the snap focus. Either no screen or a watch-like LCD with basic information, kind of like the top plate of an SLR, but put it where the film-reminder slot is (kind of like the X-Pro3). The heart of it is the giant optical finder right smack in the middle directly over the lens. Not that dissimilar to a Ricoh GR IIIx in terms of results, but it's a different set of ergonomics and user experience. Without serious screens, battery life would be amazing. // Another fun camera Fuji could make: an Instax Evo Pro. Upgrade the 5mp type-1/5" sensor to a 10mp type-1/2.3" or 1/1.7" sensor, add more controls over exposure modes and so forth. Mostly just bring up the image quality enough so that you won't necessarily be embarrassed to share the pictures over a cell phone rather than printing to Instax film. Maybe add Fuji film sims. Doesn't have to be that fancy, just a step up from the Evo. Double the camera specs, double the price to about $400. Instax can be a lot of fun, but the cameras are very toy-like. A step-up like this wouldn't really bring it that far outside of toy-world, but it'd be a lot more appealing to someone with more photography experience, who might enjoy having something fun as a second camera.
I hope you have an 18+ rated birthday Chris. Also, I would like to see a re-aparition of the glorious DSC W80 (Or perhaps W200) from Sony, exactly the same design. It was my first real camera and I still have it with me. It handles nicely and it just needs a new sensor. Everything else was quite perfect. Also, the nintendo game should be called "The Legend of Link".
Two cameras I’d love to see. One knowing that micro 4/3 is roughly the same area as a frame of 110 film. I’d love to see a digital m43 in the form factor of a Minolta 110 zoom SLR. The other is all about frame size. In a fixed lens superzoom have a square sensor able to inset variable crops from 21;9 portrait to 21:9 landscape. The point is to maintain one camera grip position to produce all framings. It should also have a waist level screen mode.
I got hold of some fujifim sensia expired (from 2003) and shot it at 25 iso, and I’m in love with the colours… gonna try doing some autumnal leaves with the next roll…
For small and wide fuji lenses, you can also look at the XF 14mm F/2.8 and the 8mm F/3.5. The Sigma 10-18 F/2.8 is quite small too ☺️ I’m actually still waiting for an updated 14mm F/2.8 and make it quite a bit smaller. Hoping it also has OIS but probably won’t happen.
I’d love a point and shoot with a lens that’s fully manual - like manual focus and aperture ring. Then it should come with special memory cards with limited space, but each card contains its own special picture style. The whole thing would make you slow down, and the different memory cards would be like switching film styles. Though because they’re memory cards, they can be used over and over, and you don’t incur the expense of film. Personal preference would be a fixed focal length of around 20 - 35mm.
The obvious Olympus / OMDS option would be a 4/3 sensor in a waterproof fixed-lens compact. Essentially a digital Mju II, but with a few control points added.
My first fixed lens camera was a Panasonic Lumix DMC LC1 with the great Leica lens. It's the same as the Leica Digilux 2. Very slow, 5mp but beautiful BW mode
The Fuji X100V has a great feature that isn't mentioned enough - Upscaled digital zoom/crop !!! So usually I never bother with digital zooms (50mm & 70mm in the case of the X100V) BUT .... because the X100V upscales the zoom (crop actually) to 26Mp in camera, they are really usable files. I've assigned the Zoom feature to the lens control ring, so it feels very natural. Now, in the World of 40Mp sensors, it's quite feasible to have a fixed 28mm prime, and add a few upscaled "zoom" modes. 35mm, 50mm & 70mm are perfect. The resolution would be more than acceptable (I'm still happy using my 13Mp Canon 5D).
Also I would love to see a follow-up to the Zeiss ZX1. I think it's such a good idea, but Zeiss just lacked the technical expertise to make it work. If they could throw in a faster processor, add wireless connectivity (so it doesn't need Wi-Fi), then it could handle its 37MP files a lot better. Maybe add something like Canon's smart controller (EOS R3) and it could maintain it's nice industrial design. Sony has the potential to do something amazing because they have the RX1 history and Android developing experience. Or maybe DJI could throw something together. Also, I'm with Chris and I prefer the 28mm to 35mm, but I'll take anything at this point. The idea of a camera that can add quick edits through licensed professional software (e.g. Lightroom) and share all on the same platform is really fun to me!
The interesting possibility of Nikon's hybrid design would be to have say a 61MP sensor where every other pixel is a global shutter pixel. So if you want to capture fast action with the global shutter you get a lower resolution fast image, but if you want to get a higher resolution image where speed is not an issue, it would use all the pixels, not just the global shutter pixels.
A fixed lens gfx from Fuji would be great, if they could get it small enough. I’d like an updated version of the 50MP sensor in it, too. The 100MP files hit ~2GB when you add a few adjustment layers in Photoshop, and that becomes a storage headache pretty quickly.
I would love to see a revamped FujiFilm S9000 with a fixed focal length 28mm lens, built-in ND filter, rugged weather-sealing, with an APS-C monochrome sensor.
An Instax Square version of the Fujifilm Evo. Only the arrangement is like a Polaroid where it’s a flat camera, with the ejection and lens facing forward and an EVF bump.
Do you guys think phone cameras ever will implement built in nd filters of some kind, inside of the lens for instance? That could be really useful for video to reduce the judder caused by a variable shutter speed. And for photography it could offer an additional way to adjust exposure. Personally, this is the thing I want the most in terms of future improvements in phone camera hardware. What’s your thoughts on it? Cheers!
FOVEON MENTIONED 🗣🗣 I had a DP2m for a while and the image quality was superb but, as Chris recalls well, the camera was brutally slow to operate and it chewed through batteries shockingly quickly. That said... give me a 100MP 44x33 Foveon sensor in a GFX body and I will do everything it takes to save up for one. It would take 10 seconds to readout and process the sensor data with each shot, but just IMAGINE the amount of detail you'd get…
I've been saying (mainly to myself and family who don't care) for a few years that I'd love to see a new Sony RX1 with a fixed 28mm G-Master lens, the 33MP sensor from the A7IV, internal storage, a large hi-res rear screen with full Xperia Android UI. They could make that right now, make it look really sexy, it would instantly be the hottest camera in the world and actually push things forward beyond the usual formula. They won't make it though, because they never do, and I'll have to live with that... Edit - Forgot to mention I'd also love to see Fuji make a medium format version of the X100 series. Beautiful retro styling with the medium format sensor. Sure, it would be large but still sexy as hell and they'd sell a ton. Again... Won't happen.
Thanks again for having me on the Podcast guys. This was a huge life achievement unlocked for me - you guys are the greatest 🙇🏻👏🏻
I don't usually have enough time/patience for a full podcast, but a combo of PetaPixel + Tom just can't be missed
Jordan's increasingly unhinged Petapixel intros are giving me life 😄
Great podcast lads
he went in RETARD mode at 44:03 lol
34:00 Why ask Hasselblad for Xpan and not Fujifilm (who made original Xpan) for TX-1?
Also just two APS-C sensors enough for panoramic ratio, or half of GFX (by horisontal split).
Thank you for mentioning Xpan.
Chris on cake is wild.
The RX100V still had the 24-70 lens! It was the mk6 that introduced the 24-200 slower lens. I love my RX100V as a compliment to my mirrorless bodies.
I got a VA model myself. Could not be happier.
I do not hate it as a complement to my DSLR. But every time I pick it up I have to think how to use it. If only Sony (or whoever) gave us one with better ergonomics and controls. Oh and if it’s possible, an underwater housing.
I far prefer the longer lens in my mk vii. For regular focal lengths, I have a phone.
@@generalben No comparison. Rx 100 easily wins in low light and in clarity of image. Computational photography is the only thing that phones have but that is just a bunch of lies plasted in an image.
@@alen2937 I kinda disagree on low light. The stabilisation and compo-stacking of a phone provides a cleaner image in many cases. Also raw mode on phones now creates some quite pushable files. I'm not saying the RX100 isn't overall better, just saying the difference often isn't great enough to carry a discrete device. Unless, as I'm saying, you also get a 200mm zoom. No phone can touch that. (I have both a mkiv and a mkvii, the iv never gets used anymore)
Chris' face as the balloons rained down on him is one of the best things to ever come out of the internet
The question I get the most from our Sony customers for a fixed lens 35mm camera is still the RX1 RIII. The RII was to early on the market. Jordan asked for the RX10II mkII, but this is a camera absolutly no one is asking for a 24-200mm F2.8, but I get you're intention. This would also make sence for photo. I like to have the Canon G5X MKII with me as a second camera at events. Completely underrated tool. But I just get asked for the RX10 V. It's loved by wildlife shooters. But the most asked camera with a fixed lens is the RX100VIII. You can't belive, how often the question for this camera comes up.
I would love to see the Nikon DL 18-50mm F1.8-2.8. It's such a shame, that this camera was cancelt so close before shipping.
You guys need to start reviewing Viltrox lenses, because they are awesome. The aforementioned 13mm F/1.4 is beautiful, and the 27 and 75mm F/1.2 are outstanding on APS-C. Have several nice full-frame options too. They need more exposure, especially from bigger camera channels who only seem to care about $2000+ lenses
Stay tuned on that... you will get your wish. - Jaron
@@PetaPixelI’ve had a bunch of trouble getting replacement lens hoods for the 27 and 75 from Viltrox. They don’t sell em, even if you ask support. Maybe they will after the petapixel bump 👀
The Viltrox 13mm 1.4 is a great lens!
@@EmmaKAlexandra How careless are you with your gear, that you end up losing or breaking lens hoods? I've been doing nature and wildlife photography for ~10 years, hiking, climbing up and down all kinds of rocks and terrain, and I never even seriously scratched a hood, just minor scuffs.
@@houserhythm the lens hoods are plastic and have small pieces that hold the lens hood onto the lens. Those pieces snapped soon after buying the lens. So, the lens hood was very loose. A few times running for the train & the lens hood was gone. While I’m sure the hoods on big, expensive, first party wildlife lenses are built incredibly well, the same isn’t true for Viltrox lenses.
What a wholesome surprise for Chris!
Not sure how the Nikon Coolpix A didn't get a mention. That was a great camera that just needs a refresh. I loved that camera and regret selling mine. Stick a 24mp sensor in it with an expeed 7 processor and that will be one great camera.
They made one, it's called the Ricoh GR III :D
Happy Birthday Chris! And please Nikon - give us a fixed lens or small zoom compact with full frame and 1.7-2.0 lens in the 28-40 mm range
Nikon would ask you to glue the 40mm f2 to a ZF and doesn't get it's not the same.
@@ulimuller7892 Totally! I love the ZF but some of these are not “practical” purchases and I just don’t get why Nikon doesn’t see the market trend for higher-end, fixed lens cameras. Look at the demand and pricing for Fuji X100 series vs what Nikon is charging for any of their DX cameras. Come on Nikon!
Happy birthday Chris! Many more years and a healthy life to you 🥳
Love Tom and his channel! More Tom!
Thank you! 🫶
I was blown away that you actually answered my dumb HDR question. I was working on an HDR safari photo (for the first time) which made all of your comments more relevant. Great feedback, I will proceed to record in N-LOG and save the files until the world is ready. Thank you.
I don't think HDR will be mainstream on youtube until either (but preferably both) youtube get a HDR-SDR conversion pipeline that isn't completely horrendous like it is now, or they allow people to upload both an SDR and a HDR file of the same video. If you're shooting stills though, I don't think there is much benefit of shooting in N-LOG vs just shooting in raw.
@@Your_Paramour I sadly agree. I've always been an early adopter and fall into the same traps. HDR looks so good that I want to share the magic. With mobile phone screens becoming OLED/HDR, I thought the time was now. Its not.
The Sigma DP3 actually also has Chris' 75mm fixed lens on it (although only f/2.8). I'm surprised no one mentioned a successor to the Sony RX1 full frame fixed lens camera, which seems like something Sony should have released by now.
1:29:46 that’s my video!
I can’t believe you called me a TH-camr😅
If I had a dollar for everytime I asked someone: “what do you think happens if you scan film with film?” while I was making that video, I would have at least 12 dollars😂
Thanks for the shoutout!
Is TH-camr... bad?! If so, apologies! We loved that video, great stuff dude!
@@PetaPixel no, It’s the ultimate compliment! I’m honored
Happy Birthday Chris 🎉
Tom Calton rocks. Not only is he amusing but he is also very nice and responsive. He actually responded to comments via email. You should hire him and put his videos on your site.
Thank you! Good to see you in the comments 😊
Pen F with OM-1 sensor and the Color Wheels that can control hue in order to make custom film sim jpegs. A fixed lens with the 17mm(35-ish eq) 1.8
It will be interesting to see a Fuji GFX version of fixed lens.
Rumor has it they're developing one, I'm excited to see what Fuji drums up in the next few years. A digital version of the GA645 would be wonderful!
Sigma's fixed lens system did have a 75 equivalent. so if they modernized the full Merill lineup, we'd be good to go. I'm a fan of having two fixed lens cameras, one ~40 and one ~85 :)
Also will go for an OG PEN-F. Or I didn't know existed... an updated PEN-S with a 40mm but actually coupled VF.
That Macbook Air M1 is overheating thats why it slows down. It doesn't have ventilator so the CPU just clocks down.
Oh that is also a possibility I did not consider. If all those other tips don't work, this might be the culprit. -Jaron
Wait, they built a laptop without a cooling fan?! That's ridiculous, but it sounds crazy enough to be true.
@@falxonPSN yes its not unusual design. Its not intended to crunch things for an extended period of time, the passive cooling is normally enough.
Dream fixed lens resurrection would be a digital Medium format Rolleiflex 2.8 style body, waist level digital viewfinder screen with pop up sun shade. 55mm ish lens, leaf shutter. Street Beast.
Happy (belated) birthday, Chris! I loved the conversation about the fixed lens cameras. I still own a Nikon 35ti, a Fujifilm X70, and a Panasonic LX100 Mk2. I would be fully onboard with updated versions of all 3 of these, particularly a new film version of the Nikon 28ti.
Yes to the MX-11!!! Or a Pentax Q with a fixed lens and improved rear screen.
37:00 a Fuji 50mm F2 pushed into an X100 body to make it more compact would be an amazing companion to the X100 itself, fully agreeing with Chris.
That would be the first x100 I would truly love. Yea!! Totally agree.
Happy Birthday Chris!, as everybody said, Canon has a lot of retro designs to look for, for me a Digital Canonet QL17 with the same 40mm f1.7 would be more than enough.
i have a fuji X20 and an XS1 are my fav cameras right now, fixed lens cameras are underrated.
I’d love an update to the Fujifilm X80 with specs similar to the X100VI.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS 🎉
I still have a Lumix LX100 Mk1.
We need small cameras. I’m afraid that all the manufacturers will release those cameras a bit too late. Thanks guys for the podcast. Belated happy birthday Chris! 🎊
Fujifilm made the Hasselblad XPan 1&2 along with their own TX 1&2. So would it be more possible for Fujifilm to jump on that trend? TX 1&2 are going for astronomical prices on the used market too.
It'd be great to see a version of the x100 line with a 16mm lens, same 40mp APS-C but rear screens and viewfinder optimized for a wider aspect ratio, and a physical aspect ratio selection switch. That'd be equivalent, roughly speaking, to the 45mm lens on the TX-1 when in Pano mode.
It doesn't really make sense to have an odd-shaped sensor (there's no reason not to have a sensor tall enough to use most of the image circle), but if they used one slightly bigger than the standard APS-C, that'd be nice, too.
I recently picked up the Leica Q2M it’s amazing
Great intro Jordan! And Happy Belated Birthday Chris!
Happy birthday Chris! This was fun. I like the updated RX10, and the new cute little Canon AF or Nikon Ti too. Neat ideas. My sons and I are enjoying the new Legend of Link too! So fun to play and so very different from their reference points of BotW and TotK.
Sigma made a fixed 75mm f2.8 equivalent compact with the dp3 merrill, so there's a precedent for a fixed telephoto-ish camera.
Oops, posted before listening to the whole podcast, didn't anticipate the merrills would be mentioned.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS
Imagine a Voigtländer with a compact 40mm 1.7, oh my.
I’m surprised none of y’all wanted a fixed lens film camera! It’s prime time to recreate whatever film bodies companies still know how to do, or have in a filing cabinet somewhere
Happy Birthday Chris
last fixed lens camera --- hasselblad 903SWC
IMO the podcast doesn't need a background score.
When you got to Nikon the only thing I wanted to be said was their Ti cameras, great work!
I want Contax to come back! I want a digital G2!
I love Jordan Hassleblad X-Pan fixed lens cam idea. Would be wild if they made in with an Anamorphic lens and a optical viewfinder on top! Oh and I forgot, happy birthday Chris!
Podcast Question:
With improvements in image quality and speed becoming negligible with each camera update for most users and even professionals, and after the AI train, when do you see manufacturers shifting their focus from hardware to user experience, like we're already seeing in the phone market?
I believe there's a consensus that the camera experience software, on the camera/phone/desktop, needs major improvements to become truly usefull and enjoyable to use, from real-time backups to file exports, changing settings, etc., and that would probably be much more noticeable and appreciated than more megapixels and more "FIPS" for most users.
Some say Tom is the UK's greatest export
Those people would be liars. They only say that because they're happy to be rid of me 😅
I would like to see a new version of the Panasonic Lumix LX100 with:
- better dust and moisture sealing
- better evf
- a higher megapixel image, at least 20mp
I've taken selfies on a ton of cameras and I usually even set my C1 mode to selfies across all of my cameras. Stopping down to F/4 minimum, turning on 2-second timer, and continuous autofocus really helps. Wide-area AF with eye detection continuous autofocus means all I have to do is press the shutter. By continuous autofocus I mean the camera is literally always searching for something to focus on, not just in AF-C mode.
Alternatively, you can just use a bluetooth remote like the Sony RMT-P1BT or Canon BR-E1. I like the Canon one because it's smaller, but I always lose them. Fujifilm is really easy for selfies because at the end of the two second timer, it'll actually refocus the lens until it locks onto an eye, unlike Sony and Canon, which lock focus when the 2-second timer begins. The X-App for Fujifilm cameras is also really good because you can use your phone as a bluetooth trigger. Only problem is the false positives in Fujifilm autofocus (not so much of an issue when I can stop down to F/4). I think Nikon has a selfie mode that refocuses the lens after the 2-second timer like Fujifilm, but only when the screen is facing forward (like for Z30 and Z fc). Hope this helps!
The RX1R III would absolutely kill.
For the listener with the question about taking selfies, here are some tips:
TL:DR: practice ahead of time and use manual focus.
1. Do a dry run/practice ahead of time to find your preferred position (framing) for holding the camera while taking the selfie. Don't worry about how you are going to actuate the shutter at this point. You may want to hold the camera at its base, use a selfie stick, mini tripod, etc. (for a pevious trip, I used a monopod + actuating head). Then practice getting into that position.
2. Set the manual focus ring of your preferred lens for the position that you found in step 1. Mark that on your focus ring so you can quickly find it when taking the selfie.
3. Decide how you will obtain exposure and actuate the shutter. Use a timer for the shutter. When taking the selfie, you can bring the camera closer to your face for exposure (bend your arm). That way, you can use touch screen exposure select or spot metering (tap your face, or point the spot at your face). Your image will be out of focus because you brought the camera closer, but the exposure will be right.
4. With the exposure locked, activate the shutter. This could be the shutter button, touch screen shutter or remote app. You can activate shutter before framing. Then during the timer countdown, perform framing by bringing the camera to the position you chose in step 1. If you practiced, you'll be able to do it quickly and accurately. The image will now be in focus.
5. Shout "lens", so that everyone in the selfie looks at the lens instead of the screen. Shutter will activate with your image in focus and exposure locked.
Hope that helps. 😊
like Chris my last fixed lens camera was a film rangefinder (Canonet in my case). Unfortunately a lot of them from that era are basically unusable mechanically and ones with clean working electronics are hard to find today.
Happy bday Chris
All the guest you bring are always fantastic. Tom was really funny. But i really think you should you should give a heads up so we can ask more specific questions to them. I know this would ruin the surprise of having a special guest, but we would also get a lot more out of the podcast
We wanted to involve Tom more but ran into bandwidth issues (as Chris alludes to in the intro) that caused some problems with back and forth. It, unfortunately, shoehorned us into a pretty closed format here. Apologies!
Happy Birthday Chris!! And sense it is your birthday, please let us know how you really feel about 35mm 🙂
Hate them.
Happy post birthday Chris
Working in with Tom's Kodak kick, how about a digital Box Brownie? You could actually fit an electronic standard zoom into the box. Keep the retro box style...
Great suggestion - love that idea! Someone get on the phone to Kodak, NOW!
Jaron probably already knows about the Epson R-D1 (aka a digital Bessa R)...
Alright, I'm joining in on the fun!
OM-System: A modern MJU with fixed focal length and sliding cover design, weather sealing as OM-S does!
Fujifilm: If I'm boss for a day, I'm ordering to design and produce a digital amalgamation of the medium format GS645W and Mamiya6 with hybrid-viewfinder.
Hasselblad: A digital XPAN is a very lustworthy idea, but if anyone is going to take over from Contax it should be Hasselblad! A digital counterpart to the Contax T series? Yes please.
Leica: I personally LOVE my Leica Minilux and subsequently the CM. So for that reason I'd love a digital recreation of that with a 40mm summarit lens. There's a reason people scavenged that lens and converted it to a modern mount...
Pentax: I'm totally with you, I have and still enjoy the MX-1. I'd rather see a fixed focal length, or two set focal-lengths to switch between, than the zoom.
Canon: Just give us a high-end IXUS. Your old IXUS camera's were actually very nicely built.
Sony: Put some effort back into the RX series with an RX45 of some sort. I'd be fine with a Type1.0 sensor and a fixed focal length f/1.0 aperture, in a body that blends the design of the RX100 and ZV1's grip.
Kodak: Really? Well, how about a digital Box Brownie with a built-in printer?
Voigtlander: Hmm, difficult to think of something new. I'm with Jaron. That 667 looks sexy, pretty much want them to head the same direction as Fujifilm and create a modern Mamiya6 or Plaubel Makina.
Zeiss: Oh Zeiss... Your ZX1 is actually incredibly lustworthy! I think you were really onto something there with the Android integrations and built-in memory, you just need better performance optimization.
All I own are fixed lens cameras, I love em! (Q2 Mono, X100VI, GRIII, GRIIIX, GRIIIX HDF, RX100 VII)
My perfect fixed lens camera would be a full frame sensor with a crazy sharp lens and resolution, in the 40mm to 50mm focal length range and in body raw panoramic mode for the wider shots and landscapes
My first fixed lens camera was Olympus Mju II (or μΙΙ). I really loved this camera, I still own it, but I haven't used it the last 7-8 years. On the digital world I own a Ricoh GR (using it with 21mm adapter) and a GR III.
Shout out to all the podcast listeners who came back to see Chris eating his cake 😂
I’d love if the popularity from Fujifilm and Leica inspired other brands like Nikon and Canon. A Nikon S-Line 35mm / 85mm would be a killer 2-camera setup for my style. That’s the dream :)
Just buy the 85 and 35 prime and two z5s and you’re practically there, that was actually my set up for a while.
@@jdelarosa89 Can’t go wrong with that, I love it. My current 2-lens kit is the 24-70 2.8 S with the 135 Plena on my Z8. I’ve shot entire events with only these two lenses, and 99% of weddings (need that macro for the ring shots). Because a fixed lens camera can be designed more compact, I’d love to see how a 35 and 85 pairing would look. While a 35(ish) model seems likely, I wouldn’t bet any money that any brand would make an 85 compact. I hope I’m wrong about that. :) Cheers.
Canon: G5X III with phase detect AF
OM System: Pen F II with weather resistance
Fujifilm: Klasse S and W (preferably half frame film)
Contax: T3
Pentax: 35 (full frame like 17)
Sony: RX100 VB or RX1R
Leica: Minilux
I like the idea of a premium compact superzoom cameras with manual zoom operation similar to the Fujifilm FinePix HS series. This would make for a quick camera for occasional wildlife and sports photography! I don't see myself spending lot of money on a telephoto zoom for my mirrorless system because these lenses tend to be HUGE ! However, I feel like the current sensor technology and the huge advance in processing speed would make these type of cameras very fun to play with!
CHRIS! Yes! 100%. If Leica came out with a q3 75, I would literally sell all my cameras and only use that.
It will be a cold day in hell with pigs flying all around before that happens.
I sold my Nikon d850 system to buy my Leica Q3 28mm. It took 3 months until it was delivered. I sold my antique cameras and got on the wait list for the Q3 43. Im not gonna buy the 75!
Going fully into the short tele range might be niche, but I could see someone doing a tight-standard, something like a 58mm or 60mm. Still a heck of a light tighter than a Q3 43.
8:32 Panasonic and OM are frenemies at best
Sony RX100viii is what we need!!
New autofocus and menus
@petapixel To Darren with a computer question. The answer is your Mac is overheating. MacBook Air doesn't have a cooling fan so as you work it starts to heat up and when it gets to a certain temperature it throttles.
I would love to see updated Merrill series, with better processor, faster post processing, better autofocus, better battery life of course and preferably with and EVF. Sensor can stay the same.
happy b-day chris
Besides overheating, the M1 also sometimes uses SSD hard drive space as RAM. Keeping SSD utilization below 80% might help too?
What I want most is a tight-standard with a fairly fast lens. 55mm f/1.7 or so on full frame, but something like a 40mm on APS-C would work, too, if just swapping the lens on a Fuji X100 chassis. Just about all the other compacts are wide angle cameras, aimed at street photography or family. But having a tight-standard with a moderately fast aperture with a leaf shutter, built-in ND and Flash, and it'd be a portrait beast of a camera. If willing to crop the FF version you'd have an 85mm f/2.5 basically.
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That said... something fun would be a digital version of the Pentax 17. Same basic controls and body, except add an AF position to the otherwise zone-focus system. An autofocus-to-zone-focus system seems like an interesting alternative to the snap focus. Either no screen or a watch-like LCD with basic information, kind of like the top plate of an SLR, but put it where the film-reminder slot is (kind of like the X-Pro3). The heart of it is the giant optical finder right smack in the middle directly over the lens. Not that dissimilar to a Ricoh GR IIIx in terms of results, but it's a different set of ergonomics and user experience. Without serious screens, battery life would be amazing.
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Another fun camera Fuji could make: an Instax Evo Pro. Upgrade the 5mp type-1/5" sensor to a 10mp type-1/2.3" or 1/1.7" sensor, add more controls over exposure modes and so forth. Mostly just bring up the image quality enough so that you won't necessarily be embarrassed to share the pictures over a cell phone rather than printing to Instax film. Maybe add Fuji film sims. Doesn't have to be that fancy, just a step up from the Evo. Double the camera specs, double the price to about $400. Instax can be a lot of fun, but the cameras are very toy-like. A step-up like this wouldn't really bring it that far outside of toy-world, but it'd be a lot more appealing to someone with more photography experience, who might enjoy having something fun as a second camera.
I hope you have an 18+ rated birthday Chris. Also, I would like to see a re-aparition of the glorious DSC W80 (Or perhaps W200) from Sony, exactly the same design. It was my first real camera and I still have it with me. It handles nicely and it just needs a new sensor. Everything else was quite perfect. Also, the nintendo game should be called "The Legend of Link".
Two cameras I’d love to see. One knowing that micro 4/3 is roughly the same area as a frame of 110 film. I’d love to see a digital m43 in the form factor of a Minolta 110 zoom SLR. The other is all about frame size.
In a fixed lens superzoom have a square sensor able to inset variable crops from 21;9 portrait to 21:9 landscape. The point is to maintain one camera grip position to produce all framings. It should also have a waist level screen mode.
I got hold of some fujifim sensia expired (from 2003) and shot it at 25 iso, and I’m in love with the colours… gonna try doing some autumnal leaves with the next roll…
Fixed lens GFX would be fire.
For small and wide fuji lenses, you can also look at the XF 14mm F/2.8 and the 8mm F/3.5. The Sigma 10-18 F/2.8 is quite small too ☺️
I’m actually still waiting for an updated 14mm F/2.8 and make it quite a bit smaller. Hoping it also has OIS but probably won’t happen.
I’d love a point and shoot with a lens that’s fully manual - like manual focus and aperture ring. Then it should come with special memory cards with limited space, but each card contains its own special picture style. The whole thing would make you slow down, and the different memory cards would be like switching film styles. Though because they’re memory cards, they can be used over and over, and you don’t incur the expense of film. Personal preference would be a fixed focal length of around 20 - 35mm.
The obvious Olympus / OMDS option would be a 4/3 sensor in a waterproof fixed-lens compact. Essentially a digital Mju II, but with a few control points added.
Any camera can be a fixed lens with a bit of super glue.
My first fixed lens camera was a Panasonic Lumix DMC LC1 with the great Leica lens. It's the same as the Leica Digilux 2. Very slow, 5mp but beautiful BW mode
Tom is a great nice guy
Thank you! You are equally a lovely human being. I mean, I assume. We've never met. But I get a good vibe from you. You're glowing.
For HDR in photography you can totally take a camera raw file and export it in REC 2020 with an HDR container (Jpegxl/avif). Looks great on iPhone
Great pod as always! I find it so tough to concentrate with that music underneath but I think that’s just me?
There maybe a new Pentax K1-lll on the way 🤔 😊🙏🙏🙏
The Fuji X100V has a great feature that isn't mentioned enough - Upscaled digital zoom/crop !!!
So usually I never bother with digital zooms (50mm & 70mm in the case of the X100V) BUT .... because the X100V upscales the zoom (crop actually) to 26Mp in camera, they are really usable files.
I've assigned the Zoom feature to the lens control ring, so it feels very natural.
Now, in the World of 40Mp sensors, it's quite feasible to have a fixed 28mm prime, and add a few upscaled "zoom" modes. 35mm, 50mm & 70mm are perfect.
The resolution would be more than acceptable (I'm still happy using my 13Mp Canon 5D).
Also I would love to see a follow-up to the Zeiss ZX1. I think it's such a good idea, but Zeiss just lacked the technical expertise to make it work. If they could throw in a faster processor, add wireless connectivity (so it doesn't need Wi-Fi), then it could handle its 37MP files a lot better. Maybe add something like Canon's smart controller (EOS R3) and it could maintain it's nice industrial design. Sony has the potential to do something amazing because they have the RX1 history and Android developing experience. Or maybe DJI could throw something together. Also, I'm with Chris and I prefer the 28mm to 35mm, but I'll take anything at this point.
The idea of a camera that can add quick edits through licensed professional software (e.g. Lightroom) and share all on the same platform is really fun to me!
The interesting possibility of Nikon's hybrid design would be to have say a 61MP sensor where every other pixel is a global shutter pixel. So if you want to capture fast action with the global shutter you get a lower resolution fast image, but if you want to get a higher resolution image where speed is not an issue, it would use all the pixels, not just the global shutter pixels.
A fixed lens gfx from Fuji would be great, if they could get it small enough. I’d like an updated version of the 50MP sensor in it, too. The 100MP files hit ~2GB when you add a few adjustment layers in Photoshop, and that becomes a storage headache pretty quickly.
I would love to see a revamped FujiFilm S9000 with a fixed focal length 28mm lens, built-in ND filter, rugged weather-sealing, with an APS-C monochrome sensor.
An Instax Square version of the Fujifilm Evo. Only the arrangement is like a Polaroid where it’s a flat camera, with the ejection and lens facing forward and an EVF bump.
Canon needs to make a fixed 24mm, 28mm or 40mm.
Thank you Jordan; YES ,a panasonic lx100m3
Do you guys think phone cameras ever will implement built in nd filters of some kind, inside of the lens for instance? That could be really useful for video to reduce the judder caused by a variable shutter speed. And for photography it could offer an additional way to adjust exposure. Personally, this is the thing I want the most in terms of future improvements in phone camera hardware. What’s your thoughts on it? Cheers!
FOVEON MENTIONED 🗣🗣
I had a DP2m for a while and the image quality was superb but, as Chris recalls well, the camera was brutally slow to operate and it chewed through batteries shockingly quickly. That said... give me a 100MP 44x33 Foveon sensor in a GFX body and I will do everything it takes to save up for one. It would take 10 seconds to readout and process the sensor data with each shot, but just IMAGINE the amount of detail you'd get…
I've been saying (mainly to myself and family who don't care) for a few years that I'd love to see a new Sony RX1 with a fixed 28mm G-Master lens, the 33MP sensor from the A7IV, internal storage, a large hi-res rear screen with full Xperia Android UI. They could make that right now, make it look really sexy, it would instantly be the hottest camera in the world and actually push things forward beyond the usual formula.
They won't make it though, because they never do, and I'll have to live with that...
Edit - Forgot to mention I'd also love to see Fuji make a medium format version of the X100 series. Beautiful retro styling with the medium format sensor. Sure, it would be large but still sexy as hell and they'd sell a ton. Again... Won't happen.
Give Q3 21/24 & Q3 75 and I'll break the bank!