Rangefinder

Back in 2018, France's Pixii SAS presented a digital rangefinder camera where image previews, editing and storage were all offloaded to a paired smartphone. Updates came in 2021 and 2022, and now the company has launched a Plus model.

Leica has announced a new addition to the M-series of retro-stylish rangefinder cameras. The M11 retains the overall look but comes with versatile new sensor technology, a high-resolution touch panel, a big battery and some internal storage.

Last year, France's Pixii SAS released a digital rangefinder camera that shared its workload with a paired smartphone. Now an update has launched, packing a higher-resolution image sensor, and a viewfinder that's now overlaid with shot info.

To mark the 40th anniversary of its Oskar Barnack Award photo contest, Leica has launched given its M10-P rangefinder a Kevlar overcoat and released it as the limited-edition Reporter model.

By high, we're referring to resolution here. The Leica M10-R rocks the highest resolution color image sensor of the M10 series to date, at 40-megapixels, and takes its rightful place as the M10 family flagship.

Back in 2018 we reported on an interesting pocket camera that offloaded much of its functionality to the ubiquitous smartphone. Now the Pixii M-mount digital rangefinder has gone up for sale.

Cameras sporting the iconic red Leica logo are rugged, expensive and much sought after. They also produce stunning images, rich in color and detail. But there's no red dot on the just-announced M10 Monochrom, and it only shoots in black and white.

​With the M10-D, Leica is attempting to give photographers an old school analog/film camera feel, driven by modern digital technology. As there's no LCD panel around back, users will need to use a mobile app to display snapped images on a smartphone screen.​

Most camera makers have added Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to their models over the last few years, allowing for wireless image transfer and smartphone-based remote operation. The Pixii does away with the rear panel and gives the job of image display and storage to a paired smartphone.

​Fujifilm has announced a more portable version of its GFX 50S medium format mirrorless camera from last year. The 50R has essentially the same internals as its predecessor, all squeezed into a rangefinder style body. But Fujifilm has taken the opportunity to include a few modest upgrades.​

​Fujifilm has announced the successor to last year's retro-styled X-E2S mirrorless camera. The X-E3 is the smallest and lightest in the X series, and as well a bringing 4K video capabilities to the party, it also caters for remote operation using a smartphone over Bluetooth – an X series first.

​In the mid-1940s, Nippon Kogako KK decided to make a camera of its own. Though designed in 1946, the interchangeable lens rangefinder didn't go into production until early 1948. Next month, what's billed as the earliest known surviving production Nikon in the world will go for auction in Europe.