Thread: Wishlist camera May 2012

Do you get extra points for ticking items off your wish list?

- Canon G1X
- Olympus E-M5
- Fuji X-Pro1

Simples, a new and faster Ricoh GXR body with a built-in OLed viewfinder, and m43 mount... or FF M-mount;)

Originally Posted by texascbx

Sony A99.

You're a real Sony fan!

Originally Posted by Booka

Simples, a new and faster Ricoh GXR body with a built-in OLed viewfinder, and m43 mount... or FF M-mount;)

You're a real Ricoh fan.

Originally Posted by Luke

I've tried a lot of the newer cameras and none of them really grab me or seem like any great improvement. I'm feeding my GAS with old gear and will wait until a Fuji X200 gets announced a couple years from now.

Feeding GAS with old gear.. I like that. Flea market today!! Hehe

a cheap DDS for my 5x4 pinhole camera

I'm actually keeping my GAS in check for the time being! I'm really proud

My preferred kit these days is the Nikon D5100 with 40mm micro for "serious shooting" and the Panasonic LX5 for when I either want to travel light or the 40mm lens just isn't going to do what I want.

I could see a couple of things tempting me to buy though:
The Sigma DP1m and DP2m if they're as good as expected.
An Olympus E-PM2 with the E-M5 sensor
A small wide-angle DX prime for the D5100, 16 or 18mm preferably (I could accept 19mm if Sigma decides to make a Nikon version of the new 19mm lens).

And my discovery while shopping today.. I.. didn't want anything. Maybe I'm cured?

For me, the M9 and the Canon 5D MkIII.

The Fujifilm X-Pro1 would've been the dream camera but it won't give me full manual control in video mode which I need, hence the 5D MkIII instead.

I guess as long as we're going with dream camera, I'll take the Fuji X-Pro1 with the caveat that they make some breakthrough superzoom attachment...something along the line of a 28-300 equivalent. I know physics is going against it, but I'm willing to make some sacrifices to quality for compactness and will allow software correction and other tweaking to make it work.

What I really want is one camera eventually......but I don't want to jerk around with a dozen different lenses. What I want is one awesome fast lens in the normal range and an outrageously wide ranging zoom (and I'm willing to accept a dip in quality to make it happen).