What the hell is Leica thinking?

Razeus

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http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/leica-mini-m-camera-x-vario/#comments

Now known as the X Vario, the compact cam crams a 16.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor inside an aluminum and magnesium body bound in leather trim. As for glass, the shooter packs a fixed Vario Elmar 18-46mm zoom lens (or 28-70mm in 35mm format), paired with an aperture range of f/3.5-6.4 and ISO of 100-12,500. The camera also packs a 3-inch 920k-dot LCD, and can capture 1080p and 720p video at 30fps. The X Vario is already available at Leica stores and vendors, but those angling to sling one of these on their shoulder will have to extract a princely $2,850 from their bank accounts.


Leica has always been out of touch IMO. For about the same price you can get the full frame Sony RX1, that's faster, full-frame and better featured?

Also, where can I find out prices of Leica cameras from the 50's-70's. I'm debating with a photog buddy on how Leica is severly overpriced at $7,000. These things couldn't have cost any more than $2k in those days (all the street photographers in the day were using them).
 
Leica is always about the name, plus many of their cameras are hand made with crazy details http://vimeo.com/41869140

it seems every so often they come out with clunker that is in the lower price range, Pretty sure they came out with a rebanded panasonic camera. Their normal rangefinder style camers are 5k-8k... they are pretty good, b

Check out a video of one being made http://vimeo.com/41869140

if you havent' seen Nikki Sixx's photograph, he shoots with a leicas, including the $8,000 digital camera that ONLY shoots black and white http://nsixxfoto.tumblr.com/
 
The Vario was a huge letdown for me, I was hoping for something with an interchangeable lens like a new Digilux model or maybe even a RX1 equivalent. When I saw the first leaked pictures of it I thought they had to be fake, there was no way this could be the 'Mini-M' that their marketing campaign was teasing. Then yesterday the email arrived.... 'the perfect companion to the Leica x2'? Not likely.

Still, could be worse. At least it's a real Leica and not another Hasselblad Lunar.
 
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