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