Keith (M) Posted March 12, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) A design study. Quite an interesting concept. http://the.me/the-leica-x3/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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arminw Posted March 12, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2013 LEICA X3 a new concept , just a dream or real innovation ? Whatever it is i love the idea! The guy behind it certainly has made a great example of great innovation . LEICA X3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 12, 2013 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2013 Interesting design, not beyond belief at all. But its bad enough when you drop a camera anyway, so to have it rolling away down the hill as well, thats going to be tough. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenny Posted March 12, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 12, 2013 Oh; excuse me! Regards Zenny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted March 12, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 12, 2013 Concept design, YES Concept physics, NO I once tried to convince my colleague to sell white carbon fibre (or more precisely to inform the client that rumor had it that the competitors could make this). That would have been a nice one, but no-one takes me seriously:o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbengtson Posted March 12, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2013 Interesting but wildly impractical from a manufacturing and durability standpoint. Consider the amount of stress and wear to the pivot point and the tolerances and wear resistance that you are expecting it to maintain for photographic integrity. Opening and closing will involve twisting your hands in opposite directions and then relocating one hand to an operating position while not dropping the camera. I cannot see what is the natural position for your hands to fall into when holding or operating the camera. The two halves of the camera would fall into different planes which seems awkward to hold. The + an - buttons on the interior curve when opened would be hard to use. Using a case or neck strap is hard to imagine. Very pretty but not practical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Martin Posted March 13, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) What a beautiful piece of design that is, put my name down on the list now please. Leica take note and at least talk to this man . What a breath of fresh air that would be and it would roll of the shelves !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted March 13, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2013 Ugh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_S Posted March 13, 2013 Share #9 Posted March 13, 2013 This looks more like an earlier Minox digicam than a future Leica, e.g., the 2003 DD1 camera. With that small body and round shape camera shake is likely to be a problem unless there is some pretty good image stabilisation going on. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted March 13, 2013 Share #10 Posted March 13, 2013 "This project is a personal project for self promotion only. Leica AG has not been included in the process in any way. I take no responsibility for any reposts." Copyright? One of the best things is the reproduction and re-use of classic Leica design elements, including shapes, materials, fonts, and the logo. At first I wondered about ergonomics? Circular-shaped camera like lens? Not very easy to hold. But hmm, it it does look different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fang Posted March 13, 2013 Share #11 Posted March 13, 2013 Naaaaah, creative but naaaaaah !!! not ergonomic viable plus urgh -it looks awful (sorry personal preference) What I will like to see in the X3 is 24MP full frame with built in EvF (maintaining it size and ergonomics) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted March 13, 2013 Share #12 Posted March 13, 2013 just love this....I think the X3 name is erroneous for this concept....as it is far more progressive and futuristic than the X series is. would truly be the ultimate "pocket" solution! Until somebody makes an M lens adaptor and throws the whole idea out the window! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prk60091 Posted March 14, 2013 Share #13 Posted March 14, 2013 This looks more like an earlier Minox digicam than a future Leica, e.g., the 2003 DD1 camera. With that small body and round shape camera shake is likely to be a problem unless there is some pretty good image stabilisation going on. http://www.submin.com/tinycams/minox/dd1/minox_dd1_3.jpg Nick i owned that camera- it was unwieldly (i remember having to hang it from my neck and the only way to take a picture was to hold it by the knob)and did not have expandable memory (ie no SDCard) but it did have an OVF (basically a point and shooter) I do not remember if it had settings for focus or exposure. I sold it shortly after I bought it....it's built in memory had room for about 30 exposures and then it had to be downloaded to the computer--- not a good camera to take on an outing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 14, 2013 Share #14 Posted March 14, 2013 How does the viewfinder work? It looks too slim to be an optical finder but the images show rangefinder framelines and a rangefinder patch??? Sure this thing is AF? Sorry but it's just another silly design piece, different purely for the sake of being different with no real thought given to how the thing could actually be manufactured, how it would work, or how it would perform in the real world. Next! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongrelnomad Posted April 6, 2013 Share #15 Posted April 6, 2013 The pivot could work. I had one of these (the last Contax digital cameras) - great camera, and very ergonomic. I do like this concept as it asks a question nobody else is: what's really integral to quality photography today? It then chucks away everything else... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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