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Originally Posted by paulmoore
what if they did come out with a new larger squarer format.. with a new mount..AF new lenses no backward compatibility.. what if? would you go away? what, maybe 75% of previous R users gone? so what?, 75% of a few thousand.. gone.. and how many new customers would they be opening themselves to? Many more than this!!.
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How big is the "larger than 35mm format" market? I have no exact number. I only know that Pentax dropped their plan to introduce the 645 Digital even when they already have a fully working model because they found it's not worth their effort to pursue.
Leica must have very close relationship with Hoya, the new owner of Pentax, now they would explain why bigger and squarer is not so hot.
Speaking of auto focus ... haven't many of us already had Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Sony, Olympus, etc.? if AF is important, why would people switch to Leica? are you expecting Leica to have better AF performance than any of the above?
Staying with 35mm and manual focus, these are all the easiest things that Leica can do as the best ... if Leica concedes as no. 2, nobody could boast to be no. 1.
Haven't you seen people dumping the latest and greatest Canon 1 series and turning to the almost primitive M8?
If it's done right, many folks will switch from AF to MF if not able to afford both.