digitalfx Posted May 23, 2013 Share #1 Posted May 23, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica Camera AG - News - Mini M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Hi digitalfx, Take a look here Mini M? [MERGED] AKA X-Vario. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
StephenPatterson Posted May 23, 2013 Share #2 Posted May 23, 2013 Positioned between the M and the X2, so we're probably not talking about the replacement for the V-Lux 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Chuck Posted May 23, 2013 Share #3 Posted May 23, 2013 This just popped up on Facebook and I thought it was a joke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted May 23, 2013 Share #4 Posted May 23, 2013 I'm going to guess it's a fixed lens full frame with live view only similar to the Sony RX-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted May 23, 2013 Share #5 Posted May 23, 2013 Looks like it's time to say farewell to the M-E, and perhaps CCD M mount Leica bodies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboch Posted May 23, 2013 Share #6 Posted May 23, 2013 Maybe a M 240 without an optical viewfinder and rangefinder coupling with only Live View and the EVF?! Might be cheaper to manufacture... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted May 23, 2013 Share #7 Posted May 23, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) very excited to see what it is. the resurrection of the CL it seems! i hope it's more basic and nothing like the bloated M240. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted May 23, 2013 Share #8 Posted May 23, 2013 I'm going to guess it's a fixed lens full frame with live view only similar to the Sony RX-1. If it had a fixed lens I believe Leica would have called it an X something. I believe it will be an M with no rangefinder. Same sensor. Probably no built in eye level viewfinder, but with the optional EVF (or rear LCD) for framing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted May 23, 2013 Share #9 Posted May 23, 2013 I hear you Stephen, but on their facebook graphic they refer to the X2 as the Micro M and the D-Lux 6 as the Nano M. I think everything may end up branded as an M by next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nggalai Posted May 23, 2013 Share #10 Posted May 23, 2013 … but as the “M” in “Leica M” stands for “Messsucher” (Rangefinder), removing the rangefinder would be sort of … well. Weird? Hrm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycdpp Posted May 23, 2013 Share #11 Posted May 23, 2013 Good move by Leica. Sony RX-1 and Fuji's are hot on their heels. Solid metal construction alone cannot justify the price differences if optical differences are negligible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 23, 2013 Share #12 Posted May 23, 2013 I wonder when it's due for release............not that that's anything to go by Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted May 23, 2013 Share #13 Posted May 23, 2013 here's what i found on Overgaard's site based on Stefan Daniel's comments about this camera in 2010...apparently it's been in the works for a LONG time. "A Leica mini-M seem to be under development and will - according to Stefan Daniel at a speech back in September 2010- not be ready for Photokina 2012... So we are talking later than that. But what we do know is that they are aiming at a mirrorles camera (the Leica M has always been mirrorless, but we're probably talking CMOS sensors that will enabe live view and thus focus confirmation). This camerea will also contain the R-solution which means that it will be able to take R lenses and offer focus confirmation for these." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted May 23, 2013 Share #14 Posted May 23, 2013 mini in size or functions? my guess is an rx-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 23, 2013 Share #15 Posted May 23, 2013 mini in size or functions? my guess is an rx-1 It doesn't have the strap lugs Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted May 23, 2013 Share #16 Posted May 23, 2013 … but as the “M” in “Leica M” stands for “Messsucher” (Rangefinder), removing the rangefinder would be sort of … well. Weird? Hrm. Leica has already considered this problem... http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/277625-leica-m-tagline.html#post2357354 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted May 23, 2013 Share #17 Posted May 23, 2013 mini in size or functions? my guess is an rx-1 My guess is M mount...Leica needs to sell a lot more lenses with the new factory (and increased capacity) coming online soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1JB Posted May 23, 2013 Share #18 Posted May 23, 2013 The M with no rangefinder coupled with manual focus M lenses would be a dud imo. I would expect an autofocus fixed lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted May 23, 2013 Think about the possibilities for Leica if it is indeed a "Mini" M that accepts M lenses at a lower cost than current M bodies...sales of M lenses could potentially double overnight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted May 23, 2013 Share #20 Posted May 23, 2013 I think it will be an interchangeable M mount crop-sensor camera without the rangefinder mechanism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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