Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It seems like a good idea would be to come up with a trio of compacts along the lines of the RX-1. Full frame, and each with a separate fixed focal length lens. Say, a 21, 35 and 50mm. Sell them for around $3k each. Sensor dust would be a thing of the past. We usually carry at least 2 bodies anyway. On Mar 8, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Well if they did really do a direct confrontation on the full frame compact > Sony RX1 they'd be doing a camera which has a build in lens and not > interechangble ones which would be a bit of a gem. Hence less of a market > grabber from the M with interchangeable cash register dings. > The Sony has a fixed Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 35mm F2 which certainly dominates > the camera as it appears a bit too big for it; really ruining its > pocketablility.. But with quality to make it worth it. > Leica would likely not make the mistake of ruining the pocketability with > an > oversize lens. It would make a 35 Summicron of a much more compact design. > If they asked me I'd tell them to give the Rollei 35 a nod with a > collapsible 40 Elmar. Also a Barnack basic design element. > If they were super smart they'd make the thing look like a slightly scaled > down Barnack; a slightly scaled down very early Leica body. > But I can see them wanting to one up Zeiss with a Summilux 1.4. They can be > just as compact. And there is a long history of Leitz - Zeiss speed one > upping. I'd tell them to put a 3.5 Elmar on it and make it all about > pocketability as its full frame it could be shot at 64,000 easy so optical; > speed really is not such a big deal. Weight and size is. > > A digital Leica Standard (1933) would outclass everything and everybody. > They'd all just have to go home. And sulk. > > > On 3/7/14 11:33 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> "Eyes are 0n Leica now to come out with its answer to the Sony RX1 full >> frame >> compact. Not stupidly dumb itself down." >> >> Mark, any idea of which lens they would use for something like this? Leica >> glass is getting insanely pricey, but would they dare using a >> Japanese-made >> "Leica" lens? >> >> Jeffery >> >> On Friday, March 7, 2014, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >>> "bringing Leica back to the 4/3." kinda sounds like Leica used to make a >>> 4/3's camera, and now its coming back home.. Not the case. It's made a >>> couple of 4/3's lenes for other companies cameras. >>> Leica now is making compact 1.5 crop cameras. If there is a reason why it >>> should go 4/3's as if its a fad it has a prerogative to join in on I'd >>> like >>> to know what it is. As is its a company whose mission has always been >>> making >>> a quality product and senselessly cutting its compact format in half does >>> not add up. >>> Eyes are 0n Leica now to come out with its answer to the Sony RX1 full >>> frame >>> compact. Not stupidly dumb itself down. >>> >>> >>> On 3/6/14 3:06 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com >>> <javascript:;>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Wanna bet Ken ;-) ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Geoff >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7 March 2014 05:58, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com <javascript:;>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> My guess is that it will be a cosmetically enhanced version of the >>>>> Panasonic DMC-GX7, at $500 more, bringing Leica back to the 4/3. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jim Laurel (gmail) >>>>> <jplaurel at gmail.com<javascript:;> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Just for fun, who would like to speculate on what Leica will announce >>> on >>>>>> April 24? Will it be the fabled Leica T (typ 701)? >>>>>> >>>>>> If I had a seat at the conference table, here's what I would I would >>>>>> propose: >>>>>> -- A modified M mount that supports autofocus. The "Leica M-AF" mount. >>>>>> -- Re-tool X-Vario to accept these new lenses. This APS-C camera will >>> be >>>>>> the initial offering. This new camera body can read the 6-bit coding >>>>>> on >>>>>> current M mount lenses. >>>>>> -- Release a set of primes with moderate aperture but superlative IQ >>>>>> in >>>>>> classical focal length equivalents: 35, 50, 28 and 90mm, in that >>>>>> order. >>>>>> M-AF lenses actually project an image circle sufficient for APS-H. >>>>>> -- Customers who want wider, longer or faster can use traditional M >>> mount >>>>>> lenses >>>>>> -- Firmware update for M240 to use the new lenses in crop mode. >>>>>> -- Next cycle, release the APS-H body with integrated EVF in the >>>>>> traditional position (far left) >>>>>> -- Sell body and prime of your choice as a kit. Your choice of an M-AF >>>>>> prime for the same price. M-AF body and one prime priced between M240 >>>>>> (body) and X-Vario. >>>>>> >>>>>> --Jim >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ken Iisaka >>>>> first name at last name dot org or com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photographer >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information