rangefinder

Yes, the Leica is, unfortunately, the only digital rangefinder camera that exists at this point in time (I own both an M9 and an X100s.

The use of a rangefinder arguably helps for some styles of photography, especially street shooting and portraits.

A rangefinder (start with a Bessa, not a Leica, if you want a RF) and slide film did wonders.

Longer focal length rangefinder lenses tend to have longer exit pupil distances and should do better.

In other words, laser rangefinder ToF measurements require coherent demodulation at the location of transmission.

The great advantage of a rangefinder is this: With some practice and experience you can _reliably focus_ the camera _without putting it to your eye or pointing it at the subject_.

For example, the Leica Disto2 laser rangefinder has a minimum measuring distance of 5cm.

More recently Leica introduced the Leica M Edition 60 rangefinder with interchangeable lenses.

Ansel Adams didn't settle for a dinky rangefinder when heading out into Yosemite.

A previous version of this article was accompanied by a picture of Emmy Rossum holding what was incorrectly identified as a Leica rangefinder.

Leica are the only rangefinder digital cameras (besides the now ancient Epson R-D1) So much misinformation as usual anytime anything comes up about photography.

With substances that are corrosive, or where there's a cross contamination concern, you drop down to load cells or a rangefinder, both of which are more expensive and fussy.

They might look a little like rangefinders (in that they mostly don't have "hump" for the pentaprism which is an SLR feature) but they do not have coupled rangefinder focusing like the Leica does.