Pixii SAS announces the 26 MP Pixii Camera digital rangefinder

GaryPageau

 

Pixii Camera digital rangefinder, space gray edition.

French technology company Pixii SAS announced a €2,999 Pixii Camera digital rangefinder with a new 26MP sensor, interactive viewfinder, USB-C support, and extended storage options. The company says the new image sensor is built on a CMOS-BSI pixel design, and the pixel design also enhances the angular response to perform with wider focal lengths and modern optical designs. The extended dynamic range now starts at ISO 160 up to ISO 12800 natively, with higher sensitivities by software post-processing. 

Pixii Interactive viewfinder

Pixii now integrates a new miniature display that projects key information directly into its optical viewfinder, like exposure speed, exposure compensation, or white balance. The settings are presented at the periphery of the field of view, to avoid being distracting.Pixii also lets the photographer interact with camera settings and menus, all without leaving the viewfinder, for a more immersive experience.

The new Pixii model now standard with 8GB – up from 4GB – with new storage options ranging from 32GB and up to 128GB of internal storage.

“We listened to photographers using the camera and we addressed their feedback with this new model,” says David Barth, Founder of Pixii. “Crucially, we also engineered the upgrade path to let A1112 model owners upgrade their camera to the new sensor.”

“The team has worked hard over the last 12 months to make Pixii an affordable choice for even more photographers,” says Fabrice Barbier, Chairman of the Board. “We are excited to make the experience of a modern rangefinder accessible like never before.”

Other features include:

  • Extensible, LUT-based color profiles for natural or film-oriented color renditions.
  • Monochrome mode produces true, 16-bit single-plane, monochrome DNG files from a color sensor.
  • Very bright optical rangefinder with selectable framelines for 28, 35, 40 and 50mm focal length, .67 magnification, 49.2mm effective base length and close focus at .7m.
  • Electronic shutter with speeds up to 1/32000.
  • Native iOS and Android support with combined Bluetooth and Wifi connectivity.
  • GPR compression support, for up to 10x raw file reduction.
  • Transfer of photos onto a USB thumb drive while on the go.