Thanks for the input guys. Yah, I know its a pipe dream. But corporations change directions all the time and I would really like to see Minolta enter the fray again. They have a huge heritage in photography and to see the Rokkor name rise up again would be wonderful.
I would love to see an all metal mirrorless Minolta in the style of an SRT or even the Minolta CLE. I mean, Olympus has had very good success with the OM-D and there is no reason to believe others wouldnt have the same success if executed correctly. For instance, the Canon M is, in a word, BORING. Could you imagine if Canon would just chill out and release something along the lines of this rendering? (Scroll down a little over half way for the Canon AE-D)
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Could you imagine if Canon came out with this? It would sell like hotcakes. I personally think they should bring back the Canon A-1 just as it was (minus the film advance of course). One of the best handling and best looking cameras ever. Slap a full frame sensor in there and and come out with a high quality set of New FD primes to go on there. Hell, the old A-1 wasnt even metal, but some crazy electro plated poly carbonate that felt just like metal. A digital A-1...now there is a dream come true.
It woudl be great to see a digital, mirrorless SRT-D come out with a nice line of metal, manual focus Rokkor primes with the style and size of the old lenses, but of course with updated optics and coatings. Yes, I said manual focus. Keep them small, keep quality high. I mean, Leica does it right? And they are incredibly popular, but in my opinion overpriced for what you actually get. Minolta could easily compete with boutique style Leicas but at a much more everyday price point. And Rokkor glass was some of the best back in the day. There is no reason it cant be again.
To many people are using old lenses on new mirrorless cameras for someone other then Leica not to cash in on this. I just wonder which company is going to have the balls to do it. Olympus really made headway with the OM-D. Heres hoping somebody takes the next step.