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Hello all, I’m new to the forum but not to photography or Leica. This seems to be a wonderfully supportive community, and I’d love to bounce a few thoughts off of you all. Title: Looking for my ‘Mini-M’ I think it was in a David Farkas review where I first heard this term, and it fits me perfectly...and dare I suspect, a few of you? I wish to find a digital replacement for my beloved M3, but with some modern conveniences made necessary by changing habits and aging eyes. 1) The primary requirement is that the camera have a Leica [or Zeiss T*] lens. 2) Second is a viewfinder. I prefer [surprisingly enough to me] an EVF at this point in my eyes’ age [i’m 57]. A ground glass or hybrid would be cool. I think. Not sure to be honest about the hybrid. 3) Third is a wide to portrait zoom, and of some speed. I just don’t care to swap around between lenses anymore. In one short outing I’ve used both the short and long ends of my new D-Lux Typ 109 to good effect, and sadly, as I see what Jacob Aue Sobol and David Alan Harvey et al accomplish, cannot imagine shooting with 2 prime lenses all day, or swapping any number of them out in a squall [or family picnic]. 4) You’ll notice I’ve left physical dimensions and price out of the equation. One cannot have everything, can one? 5) However, to be fair, portability does enter into it. If physical size [and cost] were truly of no consideration I’d have an S Type 007 and be done with it, right [David]? 6) But that leaves cost, and I have to let that one go. My D-Lux Typ 109 was $1,000, and the Q Typ 116 that I SO want to love [but can't] is the better part of $5k. So, $10k for my dream camera?….I’d have to call that a bargain. More? Hmmmm……Let’s talk. What I appear to be looking for is a combination of the DL 109 [EVT, fast zoom, compact], Vario-X [better lens (but fuck slow, and only 28mm), can add EVT], in the form of the Q 116 [Full Frame sensor, classic form factor, what looks like a prime lens stuck on the front. Gorgeous], with a decent sensor [4/3 min], [min] 24mm on the wide end and as long as possible on the other…85mm? [105?!?]. Oh, and f2~2.8’ish at most points. f4 if you give me the 105mm. Too much to ask? Have I just described some Lumix monster I’m not aware of?...that wants to be press fit into an M body? [perish the thought] So, what has the group got to offer…I'm truly ready to buy. Or are we just waiting for the engineers in Wetzlar to finally give us what we want?