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Cult is a hard term to define I spose, personally I'd say something that wasnt widely popular at the time that has kept/built a following without prices being so high that its out of most users reach(at which point I'd say its more a "collectors" item). I'm guessing any responses will probabley focus more on that now but would you say that any digital camera either have a "cult" following or the potential to devolp one?
A few that potentially come to mind for me are Leica's Digilux 2, the Epson R-D1 and the the Fuji DSLR's with two pixel types.
The obvious disadvanatge for me seems to be that unlike film you cannot make use of any improvements in sensor tech in an old body unless its modular where most of the cultish cameras were originally designed for film anyway.
I'm guessing that might mean that more recent digital cameras are more likely to earn cult status as resolution/ISO performance seems to have reached a level most people are happy with. The disadvanatge of modern digital camera though seems to be that IMHO were now in more of a "dreadnought" rather than an "ironclad" era with more stable technology and fewer weird and wonderful designs.
Potential future cult cameras that come to mind for me are...
Canon 1D mk4 - Seems like it might be the last ASPH sized camera, sensor likely to be good enough for many in the future, the price would need to drop a bit.
Sigma SD1, DP1 and DP2 M's - If the Forevon concept doesnt take off and there are no updates I can see some favouring the image quality for awhile.
Sony A900- The first and potentially last Sony/Mintola FF camera with an optical viewfinder, sounds like a very good one too from opinions I'v seen.
The Fuji X series are I spose the obvious choice but seem more like a mainstream product aiming at a cult image, unless Fuji pull the plug on the entire lineup or dump the OVF's I'm not sure I see current models devolping a cult following.
A few that potentially come to mind for me are Leica's Digilux 2, the Epson R-D1 and the the Fuji DSLR's with two pixel types.
The obvious disadvanatge for me seems to be that unlike film you cannot make use of any improvements in sensor tech in an old body unless its modular where most of the cultish cameras were originally designed for film anyway.
I'm guessing that might mean that more recent digital cameras are more likely to earn cult status as resolution/ISO performance seems to have reached a level most people are happy with. The disadvanatge of modern digital camera though seems to be that IMHO were now in more of a "dreadnought" rather than an "ironclad" era with more stable technology and fewer weird and wonderful designs.
Potential future cult cameras that come to mind for me are...
Canon 1D mk4 - Seems like it might be the last ASPH sized camera, sensor likely to be good enough for many in the future, the price would need to drop a bit.
Sigma SD1, DP1 and DP2 M's - If the Forevon concept doesnt take off and there are no updates I can see some favouring the image quality for awhile.
Sony A900- The first and potentially last Sony/Mintola FF camera with an optical viewfinder, sounds like a very good one too from opinions I'v seen.
The Fuji X series are I spose the obvious choice but seem more like a mainstream product aiming at a cult image, unless Fuji pull the plug on the entire lineup or dump the OVF's I'm not sure I see current models devolping a cult following.
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