[Leica] The Q Leica

[Scott Gregory]

Perhaps a hipster full frame Fuji compact Mark, :)
Scott

> On Jun 10, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
> The Q Leica is out and I'm excited.
> Its a direct response to the full frame Sony DSC-RX1  compact rangefinder
> camera which came out September 12, 2012 and didn't create a new market
> niche as I thought it would. It has stood alone. One thing hipster camera
> buyers really don't care about is the bottom line image quality so they
> revert to cropped $999 formats  a thing I'll do when the camera can be worn
> as a tie clip. And go off by itself when I wink my left eye.
> The new Q is very much like the RX1 in that the lens is an all out assault
> taking no prisoners approach with compactness not being one of the first
> parameters oddly enough on a compact camera. So it becomes quite an effete
> item with this amazing chuck of glass on the front of it making for a much
> bigger pocket you'd get to slide it in. I'd have done the opposite and put a
> collapsible 3.5 on the front of it or 2.8 like on Rollie 35. And not have it
> be a mini monster. The point of the camera is that its with you . Taking
> better pix by far than your cell phone.
> Selling for 4 and quarter grand $ if it slows down sales on M's Leica won't
> be loosing any money.
> I'd kill for one. If there's a dead body on the sidewalk with a Q missing
> you'll know I  did it. If you buy one I'd walk on well lit streets in public
> places. And put a blonde mustache on your glasses nose.
> 
> With big drum rolls Leica in the past years introduced a couple of camera
> systems which they said would put a dent in what pros used for their
> photography. They were not a response to the Sony RX1. The Sony RX1 could
> take them to the cleaners as these were cropped cameras and no one thinks
> the results we get from an M or a DSLR is going to be threatened by a
> cropped camera. Its apples and oranges. Or as the French say Apples and
> Pears.... In this cropped camera cast aluminum with an iPhone interface.
> The Q will be a camera which will made with results not overshadowed by the
> M system just like a Rollei 35 did against any full sized 35mm camera. Why?
> The format was the same. Plus Zeiss glass. Just don't jerk the camera when
> you take the picture.
> Leica was in no hurry to do this. As its taken years. I think they know now
> for sure they're in this for the long haul.
> But doing it is a smart move became if there is a company which is making a
> compact full frame rangefinder top quality competitive to full sized cameras
> it should be Leica. Leica is the company which invented quality compact
> photography. It should not be the company which finds it ill advised as we
> mustn't compete with ourselves.
> 
> By the way  I just read the whole time the Sony has been out which is almost
> 3 years no firmware fixes to some quirky issues.
> BAD Sony!
> Lets see if they respond to Leica. Or if any body else does. I'd love to see
> a third full frame compact rangefinder in the camera store.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> 
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