Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information