[LRflex] Further 'R Solution' Blather
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: LeicaReflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:18:41 -0700 (PDT)
Ola Folks,
according to LeicaRumors.com thinking with a "confirmation" from Steve Huff
(Blessed Leica Fanboy Extraordinare!): the long derided/wanted/hated/fantasized
solution for the 'R' community will come at Photokina. The link to their
posting
is:
"http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/14/steve-huff-also-sees-a-leica-evil-camera-for-photokina-in-his-crystal-ball.aspx/";.
The gist from the L.R. site would be that Leica is coming out with a
Mirrorless "big sensor" camera that looks like the "18x24" prototype
(http://leicarumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/leicaflex02.jpg) which was
an
attempt to come up with a Half-Frame SLR along the lines of the Olympus Pen
cameras. I personally find the 18x24 prototype very nice looking and certainly
(imho) more attractive than the X1.
Would this rumored camera 'replace' a real SLR?
-Not hardly.
Is it a concept where Leica could make some nice profits slotting it in between
the X1 and the M9?
-Probably sell like wildfire!
(Especially if they swing putting in a Full Frame or at least a 1.3x Sensor.
That would still be a substantial step up from the 2x Micro Four Thirds
Sensor'ed competition and still slot in above the 1.6x sensor in the X1 camera.)
No getting around the "it's NOT an SLR" obstacle presented by a Mirror-less
Camera, but when I stop to consider the possibilities for Leica to slot in a
'nice' camera between the X1 and M9 on the price front, to have an AF camera
without the engineering headaches of designing AF lenses (not to mention
growing
pains), and rely on their cache and expertise in manual focus lenses in coming
out with this 'beast' - Everything Seems To Click Together Nicely.
Their competitors would be Olympus and Panasonic by going Mirror-Less.
Go SLR instead and Nikon and Canon will punch them in the face.
Sony is/was/does put great 'photographers' SLR's out there and are having
trouble making inroads and they've got SONY'S Big Pockets to lean on. Leica
doesn't. Be the Big Fish in a smaller pond. Leica may not be teetering on
Bankruptcy anymore, but it ain't Sony, that's for sure.
Richard in Michigan
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