Originally posted by RobA_Oz With the Df, I had the impression from their advertising that it was aimed more at the nostalgic/dilettante segment, for whom display is the most important aspect (like the men who buy into the Patek Philippe schtick about their sons’ heritage), but I have no idea of the types of people who actually bought one.
This raises the question of who they think will buy the Zfc: is it perhaps that same group, or is it lovers of old manual lenses? I guess we’ll see. The Df seemed to me to be too large to pull off the nostalgia trick convincingly, and this new body may well satisfy that segment, but I don’t really see an advantage over the Sony offering for manual lens – in fact the lack of IBIS may well be their Achilles Heel for that group.
Fuji shooters, and old camera lens collectors. Or anyone who likes dials. I think the hybrid of physical dials is excellent. I love my X100s for that reason. You don’t need to dig into menu’s or use the back screen most of the time. It’s the same thing in cars with touchscreens, dials are still the way to go.
One huge difference is the adapters. You couldn’t adapt the DF to nearly any glass like the Z mount. Same with the Fuji’s. It’s unique to how large the Z is. You can’t do it with Pentax either. That’s probably the biggest advantage of the mount.
It’s weakness is lack of DX Z lenses for those who want modern. Although F mount is plenty accessible with the FTZ.
This one also doesn’t suck with video like the Df.
These things need IBIS.