[Leica] New mysterious Leica compact

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Ah, now bad mouthing the new (and much vaunted by you) M probably without 
having seen, never mind used, one ;-) To me it is quite simple, I run one 
(expensive) system so there are no overlaps in equipment.....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I'm going to guess that it is what you'd think I'd guess it is.
> A full frame competition for the Sony Cyber-shot RX1 Full-Frame Advanced
> Compact.
> Instead of a hulking M240 out now a true Barnack Digital. Like a Leica 
> screw
> mount SM or thread mount LTM. Something pocketable or near pocketable.
> A IIIF digital.
> Maybe with interchangeable glass or it would just be the latest X. the X3.
> However X3 is an alternative term for the number 13 .
> Which happens to be my lucky number but not everyone feels that way.
> 
> And yes they'd sell a lot more of these priced lower and smaller than they 
> do
> M240s.
> But they'd make a lot more money and I have sympathy for those who don't
> have seven grand for a body. As I don't. And no green rabbits are coming 
> out
> of any hats
> 
> Would be great if my glass would fit on this now more humanely sized and
> priced M as I still have my glass.
> I figured this camera would came out the week after I sold my Leica glass.
> Which is why I've held on to them.
> And not traded them in for VR zooms or D600's or D800s or D4's.
> My Leica glass is my Fortress of solitude instead of crystals its Asph Apo 
> gems
> with red dots.
> 
> 
> On 5/24/13 11:54 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes. I receive the announcements.
> > I didn't say or suggest it was a rumor.
> > Though I, nor anyone else that I know or have read on any list, Has a
> > single spec on the "M mini M"
> > Nice looking box.
> >
> > S-o-o-o-o w h a t ?
> >
> > a note off the iPad, George
> >
> > On May 24, 2013, at 8:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> It's not a rumour, George.
> >