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-IBIS doesn't necessarily make it that much thicker-or at all, but is offered up as one possible radical change. I would disagree about your contention regarding blur. Makes a tiny Elmarit or SEM a viable option in the dark, and a Noctilux into a night-vision scope, especially using a Visoflex EVF.

 

-Tweak that RF even further. brighter still, improve accuracy in lower light

 

-don't incrementally increase MP count. As I suggested in an earlier post, go to 75 or 100 or more and include hardware down-sampling so the resulting image is a flawless, artifact-free 24, 36 or 50 MP that really takes advantage of a 50 APO people are wondering about and allows other Leica glass to perform at their full capabilities. Give people 7000€ worth of gear they can get from no one else.

 

 

50MP moves into specialist territory and gives you a lot more data to crunch on the computer. It has disadvantages.

But one thing for sure is that Leica's lenses are much sharper than the bodies can capture. The 50 APO is well up to 50MP or even more, at 24MP you're not seeing what this lens is capable of.

I think 36MP is the best compromise, file sizes aren't unmanageably large but still capture a lot more detail than 24MP.

 

better EVF as in Visoflex with the highest pixel count available. As in a real R solution. And hardware that can handle two or three upgrades thereafter.

 

 

-nix the video. There's an afterthought if there was one, likely added to the M at the very last minute. Leave that stuff to others who do a better job.

 

Agreed to both.

 

Lenses for other formats. Heresy. Choose two or three and adjust for an E mount. Especially WA. Say, 21 SEM or 18 & 24 and throw in a 75 APO to boot. Something no one else offers. And do so before Sigma comes out with their ART glass in E mount. See the cash flow suddenly improve. Perhaps a short-term solution but uses what you have to keep the brand alive in tough times.

 

Not required given the ease of lens adaptor mounts. Sony A7 users for example are quite comfortable with the idea of using adapters.

Also of note is Sigma said they aren't interested in the E Mount, as the mount will need expensive new lens designs because it can't make use of DSLR lenses, not worth it to Sigma for a niche market. I'm guessing they can't work out how they can sell enough volume to maintain their traditionally low prices.

 

Maybe Leica could however consider bring out the R lenses again for Canon and Nikon mounts, as competition for Zeiss.