Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They said (or the Brits said they said) it will have at least a 1.5 crop circle so the 4/3's 2x crop mount is out. I feel this could be a response to the very bad reviews and word of mouth of the X1. Worse than Spiderman even. We need a new Barnack Digital. A IIIF with a SanDisk card. I think we're going to get one. Mark William Rabiner > From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:26:37 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] New EVIL Leica > > Could the EVIL Leica be the long awaited digital CL? > > http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2080688/leica-la > unch-compact-2012 > > > Several unanswered questions: > > Will it have an M mount or a 4/3 mount? Or perhaps some proprietary new > mount? > > APS or 4/3 sensor? > > Mega thousand cost like the X1? > > X1 with a rangefinder/viewfinder grafted on? > > If Leica's production capacity is stretched to the limit with the success > of > the M9 and S2, who will make it? > > > Or is the story just a ploy to slow sales of EVIL cameras made by > Panasonic, > Olympus, Sony, and Samsung? > > > Inquiring minds want to know. I guess we will just have to wait until next > year. > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information