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Da ich leider keinen Thread dieser Art gefunden habe war ich einfach mal so "FREI" Ich hoffe er wird von den X Vario Anwendern ebenfalls gefüllt. Dies sind meine ersten Gehversuche mit dem neuen Gerät. Alle Bilder JPG´s OoC, ich hoffe es gefällt. Leica X-Vario von vercetti03 auf Flickr[/img] Leica X-Vario von vercetti03 auf Flickr[/img]

Hello everyone, it’s been a while but I’m still shooting with my XV and came across a new grip on eBay. it just arrived and I’m really enjoying it! Very well thought out, really something like RRS would make if they ever made a grip for the XV. Access to all doors and functions, with an Arca Swiss plate built in to boot. This is big for me and my macro stuff as I’ve had to use the RRS universal plate for over a decade. It’s 3D printed and made of plastic which is my only gripe, but it’s very sturdy when screwed on the camera. It’s nice to see someone making accessories for the XV, I think a grip for the X1 and X2 are next. Link to eBay auction

Given all the buzz (much of it negative) about the Leica X Vario and the buzz (most of it positive) about the Sony RX1, and considering both cameras sell at about the same price point ($2800), I was curious what when all the dust settled was the actual performance like. For a hint of performance received versus performance expected, I thought the used market would be a great proxy. And, what better place to look than eBay? I would think if the Leica X Vario were so bad and the Sony RX1 so good, that we would see a lots of Leica X Vario cameras up for resale and few if any of the Sony RX1 cameras. However, just the opposite. I was unable to locate (as of 8/13/13) a single used Leica X Vario offered for sale on eBay but was able to locate many, many used Sony RX1 cameras offered for sale. Of course the Sony RX1 has been on the market longer (since September 2012 for Sony vs June 2013 for Leica). However, my conclusion is that the Leica X Vario very much outperforms the poor buzz it received while the Sony RX1 underperforms by a wide margin the hugely popular buzz it received. I suspect the reason for this is as follows. Now bear in mind that I do not own a Leica X Vario or a Sony RX1 - yet. I'm strongly leaning towards the Leica as I was very happy with my X1, but because of all the hullabalu, I was also checking out the Sony RX1. I'm merely drawing inference from the market forces I am able to perceive via the eBay used market proxy. Back to the reason for the Leica X Vario far outperforming its expectations. I surmise it is because the Leica X Vario has what is commonly considered a slow zoom lens. It used to be that 400 or 800 ISO resulted in grainy noise rending such exposures unusable. Not so with modern digital cameras. I suspect that the Leica X Vario is able to handle the higher ISO's very well and this offsets the relatively slow lens. Because Leica was able to manufacture a slower lens, they were able to make it with much, much higher quality than what might be expected. Hence, the huge discrepancy (no Leica X Varios for resale but many Sony RX1s). My surmise is that even though the Sony RX1 has the bigger sensor and the faster lens, that the Leica X Vario mitigates the slower lens it has with high ISO performance and offers a much higher image quality because it can do so given the slower lens. Pure genius if you ask me... Any thoughts on this? Anyone with both cameras who might be able to offer comments? Anyone with a technical knowledge able to support, refute, or shed more light?

Dear. L-Camera-Forum I recently entered the X Vario City Challenge - Los Angeles. We had only four hours with the camera, anywhere in LA. I imediatly got on my bike and did a 25 mile trip around the city, stopping everywhere to shoot in the streets. We could only enter one photo. There are only 24 other entrants and to get into the final judging round, we need Facebook "Likes'. If you have Facebook and want to help me out, please click: LINK And then "Like" my photo. "Leather Man" If you don't want to "like" it, thanks for looking! Cheers, Mike

Newly released review of the X Vario by Ming Thein. The 2013 Leica X Vario (Typ 107) review – Ming Thein | Photographer

Hallo, ich möchte an dieser Stelle einmal eine Lanze für Leica sprechen. Letzte Woche ging meine kürzlich gekaufte X Vario kaputt. Fehler war ein Bruch des Haltestiftes für den Akku, somit ging die Batterieklappe nicht mehr korrekt zu weil der Akku ständig dagegen drückte. Wie zu dem Fehler kam möchte ich eigentlich gar nicht erzählen :-(. Kurzer Anruf mit tel. Ankündigung bei Leica, Kamera verpackt und ab ging es zur Post. Eingangsbestätigung per Mail erhalten, eine Woche später folgte die Versandbestätigung. Nachdem ich dann heute das Paket öffnen durfte war ich überrascht und zwar im positiven Sinne. Die Kamera siehe da wurde komplett ersetzt . Ich meine sicher ist Leica nicht der günstigste Anbieter auf dem Markt doch dieser Fall bestätigt mir wieder einmal das man durch den höheren Preis auch einen gewissen Mehrwert an Service mit kauft. Ich denk es gibt nicht so viele wenn überhaupt Hersteller die diesen Vorgang ähnlich abgewickelt hätten. An dieser Stelle einmal ein dickes Lob an die Fa. LEICA von einem durchaus zufriedenen und glücklichem X-Vario Besitzer.