Of
the various types of digital cameras today, the name Rangefinder camera is not
very well known as well as DSLR cameras or Pocket ordinary kind. And for those
of you who do not know about rangefinder cameras might assume that the camera
is "old school" all-manual. But for now, since 2004 Rangefinder Digital Camera R-D1 first is made by Epson, and then followed with the Leica M8 rangefinder has
broken that the camera is not a camera past the all manual.
Physically,
the rangefinder camera there are two boxes, which serves as a Rangefinder
viewfinder, and one to help focus.
The
term itself refers to the rangefinder a tool of focus found in a camera.
Rangefinder cameras focused search system not through a glass pentaprism like
DSLR / SLR, but by bringing together two images (one of the viewfinder, and the
other from the lens), the focal length was found.
Here
are some advantages and disadvantages of rangefinder cameras compared to DSLR
type camera
Excess
Rangefinder camera than a DSLR:
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Body more compact and lighter, because it does not use a pentaprism mirror
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Focus more quickly due to the stacking system image, while DSLR / SLR based on
feeling.
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Viewfinder brighter
Lack
Rangefinder camera than a DSLR:
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Expensive
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The availability of lenses and accessories are not as many DSLR / SLR
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There is no depth of field control button, video recording and face detection
as a modern DSLR