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And how is he/she going to take snaps of the grandchildren playing in the livingroom?
HI VivekThis getting to be totally unbelievable! No matter how much money Leica may pay me, I would never get myself to defend such crap ( Not that I am suggesting that you are on Leica's payroll, Jono.).
Such film folks have moved onto better things. Photography, film/digital, whatever, existed/exists besides Luxury goods with limited use.
Similar impossible aruguments, with different scenario were put forth for the Lunar!
Well, that's something we'll have to wait to find out about (if the camera exists). The AF on the X2 is fast enough however, and the ISO performance is good enough too, so it isn't beyond the bounds of possibility.
Well, I'd subscribe to the cruise ship clientele - and as I understand there are thousands of cruise ships plying the pretty places of this world, full of grandparents with loads of disposable income . . . I guess that the new Mini M (if it exists) is just what they've all been waiting for!
No, theoretically it isn't. But we all know that the X1/2 are not exactly fast performers in the AF department, so that doesn't bode well for this (fictional) camera. And the Sony sensor on the X's is now 3/4 years old. Whether it's good enough for 1/125 @ f6,4 indoors remains to be seen ...
I agree, there's quite a potential there, which is fine by me, because Leica can use the profit for their M and S line .Well, I'd subscribe to the cruise ship clientele - and as I understand there are thousands of cruise ships plying the pretty places of this world, full of grandparents with loads of disposable income . . . I guess that the new Mini M (if it exists) is just what they've all been waiting for!
Hi Jono,
Yeah, I just got an RX1 today, and the lens is fantastic...like, really, really fantastic. My 35/2 ASPH is better than the RX1's lens in some ways (distortion and LOCA,) but there are things about the Zeiss lens that are better, too, so I'd call it a draw, or maybe even advantage RX1.
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I agree. On a specs basis, the x2 was outdated the day it was released. Most everyone, even hardcore Leica fans, were underwhelmed.
Do you mean that it can be used to upgrade your RX1 to an RX2?
I rather doubt that, the way it is fixed to the camera.Okay, I get your point... and it's a good one. And it only affirms why it would be in Leica's best interest to find a way to produce another FF body that took M lenses... which maintained their current profit margins and was, ideally, easier and faster to produce.Do you mean that it can be used to upgrade your RX1 to an RX2?
My point is that fixed-lens compacts are in an update treadmill that sadly outdates excellent cameras as soon as they are released. Quite wasteful for overly expensive ones like the RX1 (and X2 for that matter).
With the RDF, where Leica sets the pace,that is far less of a problem. The lenses which are the major part of the investment can be transferred to the next iteration and the bodies themselves, well, look at the M8 which is ancient by digital standards. I doubt that even one is retired. Either they are in full use, still used as a backup, or happily shot by second owners. Most of the one-day wonders of more than three years old are in landfills or at the bottom of cupboards.
the total cost of my "one-day wonders" WITH their lenses attached don't come close to the "new" price of a M body (not yet - a long way to go) let alone the cost of investment of M lenses. If you sell the one-day wonder at the right time you can re-coupe a lot of the initial cost anyway and move on up in sensor and lens technology.
