The leak

[pierovitch]

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This is the upcoming Leica T type 701 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera | Photo Rumors

[sfage]

I hope not.

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[250swb]

Good grief, what was all the fuss about? Oh I know, it will be an ideal 'back up' body, NOT!

 

Steve

[barjohn]

Looks like Steve Huff's earlier sneak peek was right. Huff's

 

It looks like a Sony NEX 3 done more garishly without a built in EVF.

[jplomley]

Leica have completely lost the plot.

[plasticman]

I think this is someone at Leica doing some mischievous playing around with the rumor sites. Not only does that look like a horrendously ugly camera, the whole thing about the body being made in Germany while the lenses(!) are made in Asia just rings totally false.

This is all so @ss-backwards that it just has to be a joke.

[jaapv]

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Who knows.? If it is really the thing I think it will not be to the taste of their current customer base.

Edited April 6, 2014 by jaapv

[andybarton]

If you don't like it, don't buy it.

[jaapv]

That is incontrovertible. Leica wanted to look for new customers, so this is it, I guess. If it is indeed it.

I wonder what else they will reveal on the 24th.

[250swb]

I wonder what else they will reveal on the 24th.

 

An ostrich half case to go with it and a limited edition designed by the creator of the Austin Allegro.

 

Steve

[barjohn]

It will undoubtedly usher in Leica's move away from the fat M design to the svelte Sony designs.

[Paul J]

I actually don't mind the design. It's hard to make it out from this picture anyway. If that is a solid piece of machined aluminium, or something like, I bet it's going to feel nice to use.

[Steve P]

I actually don't mind the design. It's hard to make it out from this picture anyway. If that is a solid piece of machined aluminium, or something like, I bet it's going to feel nice to use.

 

Unless you're somewhere warm and your hands begin to perspire!

[krooj]

You know, my initial reaction to this leak was, "eww," but on further reflection: it's not that bad looking, will be well made, and it's defining a new mount! There's going to be a new suite of lenses to look forward to, and this won't be the only body. Let's wait and see...

[ynp]

Unless you're somewhere warm and your hands begin to perspire!

 

Or somewhere freezing cold.

 

...and than it will be a good excuse to buy an Italian Half-Case...in metallic silver crocodile leather and a chain instead of a strap.

[rosuna]

You cannot go to the market with a mediocre product at this moment.

 

The competition is shipping high quality products, with strong differentiation elements.

 

This leaked camera looks like a low range NEX... years after Sony presented the first NEX!

 

But a simple -low quality- picture does not tell the complete story...

Edited April 7, 2014 by rosuna

[Steve P]

Or somewhere freezing cold.

 

...and than it will be a good excuse to buy an Italian Half-Case...in metallic silver crocodile leather and a chain instead of a strap.

 

No, you won't have any problems holding the camera in freezing conditions. Letting go of it might prove tricky though!

[LocalHero1953]

With my 20:20 foresight, I have read an email from Dr Kaufmann to his wife on 25th April 2014:

"................and today we announced to the world's media and Leica aficionados a new firmware upgrade for the M240 that fixes the embarrassing bug that stops users using a 3 second delayed release instead of the 2 second release. Oh and we also gave them a gold wrapped, Leica badged, chocolate Sony. You should have seen their faces - how we laffed!"

[imsilly]

I figured the Vario X thingy, was a test bed for the new T camera. I guess I figured wrong. That would have made sense. As a camera the only real disappointment was the lens and an interchangeable lens camera would have solved that issue.

 

If this is really the new T type (and I think it is, too many sites have pointed towards that) then Leica have really screwed up. Essentially it looks like a Sony Nex from a couple of years ago, minus an EVF. My best guess is that it will perform worse then the Sony a7 line and cost more.

 

I really don't understand who Leica are aiming their cameras at, it clearly isn't photographers.

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[BJDrew]

I figured the Vario X thingy, was a test bed for the new T camera. I guess I figured wrong. That would have made sense. As a camera the only real disappointment was the lens and an interchangeable lens camera would have solved that issue.

 

If this is really the new T type (and I think it is, too many sites have pointed towards that) then Leica have really screwed up. Essentially it looks like a Sony Nex from a couple of years ago, minus an EVF. My best guess is that it will perform worse then the Sony a7 line and cost more.

 

I really don't understand who Leica are aiming their cameras at, it clearly isn't photographers.

 

I felt that the X Vario was a pretty lame concept and execution, overall, from a market perspective (really niche)... But... I don't think I have seen a better AF zoom. Ever.

 

I would not abandon Hope that the form factor will be more X-like than NEx like