I Don't Want To Say I Told You So...
Even in bad products, there might be some good ideas.
Remember my rant regarding the Fuji X-half? Well, I think I was right because if I wasn’t right then that camera would follow the path of other highly-desirable Fuji cameras like the X-100 series, the X-Pro series, and other niche cameras like Leica M’s or Ricoh GR’s or others that are designed specifically not to compete with the do-it-all system cameras where “better” is not defined by focus speed, frame rate, video features, and everything else possible with the latest electronic technology. Instead, less than a year after the introduction we have fire-sale prices everywhere (you can buy a returned refurbished for $549). Don’t act yet, even if you want one as a toy… I don’t think we’ve hit the bottom yet.
Don’t take my criticism the wrong way. I’m not at all with the gang that continually bashes Leica, or Hasselblad, or Fujifilm, or any company that produces a niche product that produces a niche product that isn’t intended to compete against the mainstream “system cameras” in terms of how many things it can do and how fast it does them. I’ve been through this all more than once, most of us have. My criticism comes when those companies loose their way and produce gimmicky products at premium pricing. Remember that awful Hasselblad Lunar?