A new(?) point and shoot autofocus camera

[Agulliver]

Yashica Lynx series in the early 60s had 1/1000s leaf shutters

 

[rhmimac]

I would love to buy a HQ, high priced even, compact cam in confidence from a "new" company which doesnt relate to the big 3 or 4 which lead the market now
But,
so far only a smaller one of the "old" companies has promised and delivered, Ricoh/Pentax.
The 17 was a disappointment for me: I could have lived with "always" portraitmode but not with zone focussing. My Oly Mju's all have AF. My XA2 doesn't. I use the Mju's far more often than the XA2. So ZF is a no-go.
I'll stick around untill Pentax/Ricoh brings the GR back to market in the film version. All my hopes on that. They just have to pull out the old design from the drawers and improve and change some parts which the service department marked as not fit for the job or pure failure ( gears? motors?).

They wouldn't eat the GR3 digital market share as people have a mixed workflow nowadays. Unless you have deep pockets or a direct supply line at Kodak or Harman, shooting film with compacts is only for the precious moments, not for snapping around like in the old days imho.

 

[Chan Tran]

Yashica Lynx series in the early 60s had 1/1000s leaf shutters

I have a couple of Lynx 14 one is the E the other is the older one. I guess they can't make fast shutter with large aperture. However, both of my Lynx's shutter speed is very slow.