I seem to recall some discussion on this before and absolutely, I would be interested in a camera with modern innards (like the R6II) and retro controls - i.e. like the Df, the digital controls are there too, if subtly. Absolutely - and to me it is more about the controls than just style...
When I started about 43 years ago, and at that time I was shooting with a combination of Nikon and Canon SLRs - the Nikon FM, Nikon F3 and Canon A-1: all brilliant cameras. I switched to digital around the turn of the turn of the century, but I still retain one of each body for old time's sake.. When the Nikon Df came out, it was about the time I retired, and the attraction was immediate and profound.
This camera took me back to the interface I had used when I started, yet offered many of the benefits of a top-end DSLR I love the brilliant low-light performance of the FF sensor from the D4, tweaked for further sensitivity.
When Tetsuro Goto created the Df, he was at the end of a stellar career with Nikon as the head and design leader of their excellent camera division. That Goto-san was also a highly-respected, award-winning photographer, who loved dedicated, manual focus, simple cameras speaks volumes about his work and design philosophy.
The creation of the Df was his swansong: harkening back to his earliest creations over 40 years before. It represented his chance to make a statement about his ethic, not only as a designer of an artistic tool, but as a member of Japanese culture.
Its design philosophy is one of measured and considered movement of tactile controls that offer up the chance to linger: where the process itself becomes an inherent part of the occasion: intrinsic to the art form we are engaged with, to be valued and cherished and certainly not bypassed. Like many things in Japanese culture, it encourages us to slow down, be in the moment, and take time to enjoy the act of creation.
I have three: one in silver, one in black with silver, and a rare, limited edition (Japan release only) black and gold unit as well. I shall never sell my Df cameras.
Given the realities of marketing cameras, just as Nikon latterly did with Zfc and Zf , I expect Canon will need to include the full functionality of controls one would expect in a contemporary camera, so I would be very happy to see something that looked like the A-1, which was itself a major ground-breaking camera.
cheers, TREVOR
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