Cameras and Such

This is a great idea for a camera. The problem is the price. Not only are they charging $3k for an APS-C rangefinder, but Leica mount lenses are not cheap either.

Considering that a Fuji X-Pro 3 costs $1800, anyone who buys this Pixii is either a fool, or is so rich we should eat them. The Fuji will also automatically send photos to your phone if you use the Fuji app. Pretty much all major camera brands have this feature nowadays. The Fuji also has over 26 megapixels, and this Pixii offers less than half that. You gain features and save $1200 by going with the Fuji.

The only difference is Leica mount instead of Fuji mount. Ok, so let’s say you inherited an amazing Leica lens from someone and you want to use it on a digital camera. A new Leica M10 is going to cost like $8k. Suddenly the Pixii looks like an option, right? Nope! You can pickup a used Leica M9 for less than the cost of the Pixii, and it has an 18+ megapixel full frame sensor. Actually, that sounds like a good buy for someone who is maybe standard towards the back of the line for the guillotine. Leica M8 is cheaper, but is not a good choice for anyone. No reason to pay over $1500 used for < 11 megapixels and a very old sad sensor.

Now Pixii could offer this identical camera for say, $500 or less, we would be onto something. The ability to use Leica lenses on a digital camera at an affordable price to counterbalance the Leica lens prices.

Also, it’s worth pointing out that I have used many cameras over the years from different brands that have had the feature to automatically transfer photos to your phone via Bluetoot/wi-fi. The feature works, but never perfectly and seamlessly. Even for the newest cameras and phones, it’s usually, faster, more reliable, and just better to connect the phone or its memory card to your phone with a cable or adapter of some kind. Since on the Pixii, wireless phone transfer is the only option, it had better fucking work perfectly. For $3k I expect to press the shutter and see that photo on my phone immediately. If it could, it still wouldn’t be enough to save it, but is merely the bare minimum to not be worthless. It’s lower megapixel count will actually probably help since file sizes will be smaller and transfers will be faster.

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