Originally posted by mee Now that's interesting. As long as their isn't much (hopefully any noticeable) degradation of the image quality that would suffice I suppose. Only issue I'd have with that is then the camera is no longer pocketable. But I guess we can't have it all..
Then again, if it is no longer pocketable then why not just bring something a bit larger and more functional?
Not to get too far off topic (again), but I wonder if a m4/3 based compact would help shrink the optics any?
The adapter lenses for the X100 cameras aren’t supposed to affect IQ. Both adapters and a X100 would make a small travel kit, not pocketable but small for sure.
I don’t think the size of the optics are the issue. For example my Olympus XA takes 35mm film and fits in my pocket. At some point you’ve got to be a certain size to get the lcd, buttons, switches, shutter, etc in the thing, and it’s gotta be used by human hands.