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I have only seen some light discussion of this project so far, and not much of it is as critical as it should be.
The Analogue aF-1, an apparently €399.99 auto focus, F2.8, 6 element point and shoot that, despite not having a physical prototype yet, is apparently releasing in June/July and are taking preorders.
The preorders even have a discount, at only €339.99
It's an extremely optimistic roadmap, keep in mind, MiNT, who had years of experience producing film cameras up to that point, still had prototypes years beforehand, and was around €900.
The CEO has some things to say about their product on reddit, which is some of the only information online about this camera, besides their 3d renders:
The specs listed on their website is as follows:
Now for my opinion.
I have bolded the shutter speed for a reason.
I don't believe there is a shutter in production that matches those specs, and there hasn't been for many years.
A kickstarter modern film camera project years ago ultimately died because they could not source shutters, nor could fund the R&D to make one.
It's also been admitted that the photos featured on the promo website were not taken with the camera.
If this new camera is real, and not simply vaporware, my prediction is this "minolta partner" from decades ago is sitting on a huge stockpile of old camera parts, including shutters, and those will be utilized to build this.
Otherwise, I can't think up an explanation as to how a camera this cheap, and this complex, with no working prototype as of yet, is releasing in 5 months.
The Analogue aF-1, an apparently €399.99 auto focus, F2.8, 6 element point and shoot that, despite not having a physical prototype yet, is apparently releasing in June/July and are taking preorders.
The preorders even have a discount, at only €339.99
It's an extremely optimistic roadmap, keep in mind, MiNT, who had years of experience producing film cameras up to that point, still had prototypes years beforehand, and was around €900.
The CEO has some things to say about their product on reddit, which is some of the only information online about this camera, besides their 3d renders:
The specs listed on their website is as follows:
Now for my opinion.
I have bolded the shutter speed for a reason.
I don't believe there is a shutter in production that matches those specs, and there hasn't been for many years.
A kickstarter modern film camera project years ago ultimately died because they could not source shutters, nor could fund the R&D to make one.
It's also been admitted that the photos featured on the promo website were not taken with the camera.
If this new camera is real, and not simply vaporware, my prediction is this "minolta partner" from decades ago is sitting on a huge stockpile of old camera parts, including shutters, and those will be utilized to build this.
Otherwise, I can't think up an explanation as to how a camera this cheap, and this complex, with no working prototype as of yet, is releasing in 5 months.
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