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Originally Posted by Narsuitus
All of these great improvements makes me wonder why we have not seen more digital rangefinder type cameras.
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By this, do you mean more cameras with optical rangefinders for manual focusing such as Leica was famous for? If so, I can think of several reasons why such a system is a lot less popular now than it used to be, especially with cameras with interchangeable and/or zoom lenses, automatic focusing capability, and lens materials whose optical properties vary somewhat with temperature. Each of these would cause a problem for a rangefinder optically separate from the lens.
However, I remember the old Canon AE-1 having microprisms and a split image rangefinder in the middle of the screen that seemed to work well enough. Most of the problems that would interfere with the functionality of a separate optical rangefinder wouldn't apply to such a system.