shootinglulu Posted May 28, 2013 Share #601 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) How would you like it if the focal length in the M Mini was the equivallent of a 50mm lens?To go with a Nikon A model 18mm (=28mm on FF) ? And if the AF was REALLY fast, I'd be ready to accept the lens wearing out from the permanent whizz-in&out. The latest chip should be in there, not like in the A model with the chip from the 2010 D7000 and not the new D7100. I love the idea of the 2 small cameras with fast AF though it would still hurt to lose the lenses in the future..And the 28 must be a leica for me..I tried the Ricoh GR V (similar IQ) for a day, Leica is in a completely different league.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 28, 2013 Posted May 28, 2013 Hi shootinglulu, Take a look here Mini M? [MERGED] AKA X-Vario. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest Posted May 28, 2013 Share #602 Â Posted May 28, 2013 The A model with the lens-hood on looks like a mini-leica and it sure feels like one. With the major disadvantage you mention, but I'm still a M8 user - no need for the newest here. The latest Ricoh's lighter in looks and haptics, even less "brass Leica" than the X 1&2. The designer of the Ricoh lens-hood should return to Hoya filter-boxes. I mention non-Leica products here, because buyers do have a choice and because the success of the M8 and specially M9 were based on the fact, that there were no alternatives available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rirakuma Posted May 28, 2013 Share #603 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Not sure if this is real or not First image of the Leica Mini M!!! | Mirrorless Rumors Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 28, 2013 Share #604 Â Posted May 28, 2013 It's a very good mock up if it isn't real. Which means that this "Mini M" is actually an X3, with nothing in common whatsoever with an M camera, not even the lens. Â Who's to say that there won't be two cameras coming in June? The X1 was a complete surprise when it was announced alongside the M9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 28, 2013 Share #605  Posted May 28, 2013 Not sure if this is real or not First image of the Leica Mini M!!! | Mirrorless Rumors  If it's a fixed lens how to explain the camera on the right hand side? The lens on the left side couldn't collapse into such a small space. My guess would be - assuming it's genuine - that it has removable lenses, initially a zoom and prime pancake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 28, 2013 Share #606 Â Posted May 28, 2013 The camera on the right hand side looks like an X2. It's definitely a different camera from the one in the foreground, which has an "M-like" raised top plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 28, 2013 Share #607 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) And the camera has no lens lock release button = fixed lens. Which would make it something of a Digilux2 successor (that should make Thorsten happy ), albeit with a slow lens probably because of size, with an optional stick-on EVF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted May 28, 2013 Share #608  Posted May 28, 2013 Not sure if this is real or not First image of the Leica Mini M!!! | Mirrorless Rumors  Nice recovery from the aesthetic ugly-ness of the raised hot-shoe on the X2.  However it being an in house camera annoys me - as further diversion of resources from sorting out the firmware e.g. discrete mode on the M9 and MM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted May 28, 2013 Share #609 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Well, my balloon has definitely gone flat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 28, 2013 Share #610 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Â However it being an in house camera annoys me - as further diversion of resources from sorting out the firmware e.g. discrete mode on the M9 and MM. Â The people working on this camera will have nothing to do with firmware on the M9/MM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 28, 2013 Share #611  Posted May 28, 2013 Well, my balloon has definitely gone flat.Balloons have an annoying habit of deflating. I sincerely hope nobody cancelled his M order on basis of Internet hype. The rear of the line is a long way back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted May 28, 2013 Share #612 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Well, my balloon has definitely gone flat. Â Yes, some will be disappointed if this turns out to be true, not in the least Leica themselves. Â I'm sure they would have wanted this guessing game to continue for two more weeks. Â Like I said: Â http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/285598-mini-m-23.html#post2410006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted May 28, 2013 Share #613 Â Posted May 28, 2013 It never inflated much in the first place, but the child inside me couldn't help hoping for a nice surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted May 28, 2013 Share #614 Â Posted May 28, 2013 The lens really surprises me. I would have expected Leica to have an understanding of the importance of fast lenses to those of us who buy their products. A maximum aperture of f/2.0 would have much greater appeal to me. F/3.5-6.4, no thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papimuzo Posted May 28, 2013 Share #615 Â Posted May 28, 2013 Ahhhh as such it will be a very good backup for me!! If this is true, I 'll go for the M (when delivery becomes easy...) at least I could use all my M-lenses (even R-). Wait and see, as usual, the Summer is not so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted May 28, 2013 Share #616  Posted May 28, 2013 Well, my balloon has definitely gone flat. So has mine ... if the "Mini M = X3" rumour is correct. Not yet fully convinced—sounds plausible enough, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 28, 2013 Share #617 Â Posted May 28, 2013 A maximum aperture of f/2.0 would have much greater appeal to me. F/3.5-6.4, no thank you. Â Agreed, although a decent f2 zoom is going to put this way out of the price point it needs to sit in. Â With an APS-C sensor, you'd have to go to an even larger aperture to get a decently shallow depth of field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolittle Posted May 28, 2013 Share #618 Â Posted May 28, 2013 This is hardly the camera Leica will pull out of the box shown. There is no way that camera would fit in the box - if it is, it's just plain cheating! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 28, 2013 Share #619  Posted May 28, 2013 A f2.0 zoom for APS-C would have been huge in relationship to the camera body, I guess. Just look at the D-Vario-Elmarit 14-50 for 4/3rds - and that one is 2.8.   Agreed, although a decent f2 zoom is going to put this way out of the price point it needs to sit in. With an APS-C sensor, you'd have to go to an even larger aperture to get a decently shallow depth of field.  Note, btw, that with a price of 2450 Euro there is still a huge gap to the M series - maybe place for a next step up in camera bodies in the future? Maybe even phasing out the X2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 28, 2013 Share #620 Â Posted May 28, 2013 This is hardly the camera Leica will pull out of the box shown. There is no way that camera would fit in the box - if it is, it's just plain cheating! Â I think that you are taking this marketing game a bit too seriously... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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