Liveticker Leica Photokina event

The photographers who are in Leica show esp Elliot Erwitt are some of the very best image makers on Earth. If you are accepted at Magnum, one knows that you are special.. if not.. the Ultimate Boy's Club.
Yes! There are ladies too
I'm sure the waiting is worth it..
 
"Once upon a time my grandmother was a pretty girl..."

Leica instead of dreaming of to milk some last drops out of the Jurassic era, should start to ponder about what they should do to gain back some names like Nick Ut or Steve McCurry to really USE Leica, who both use Nikon since years...
 
http://uk.leica-camera.com/photography/new_products/

New Leica M (CMOS, live view) and M-E (which sounds like a rebadged and repainted M9).

All the new features of the Leica M at a glance

- Outstanding image quality thanks to newly developed LEICA MAX CMOS Sensor
- Extended applications with Live View and electronic viewfinder
- Simple, high-precision focusing thanks to Live View focus and focus peaking
- Digital fullframe for Leica R lenses, with the Leica R-Adapter M
- "Leica Look" videos with Full HD video capture (1080p)
- Enhanced sensitivity range up to ISO 6400
- 3" display with 920,000 pixels, Corning® Gorilla® glass screen protector
- Fast image processing by the Leica Maestro image processor
- Splash protected body
- Extremely long battery life
- Multi-pattern and spot exposure metering
- Revised ergonomics and controls
 
I was wondering who's Paul Smith, but apparently his a fashion designer who has added the color bands around Leica X2...

How much he was paid for that? Not important, but it just looks wrong. It looks like an outdated Adidas track pants-inspired camera.
 
Optional EVF, Live View, Focus Peaking...

More like a FF NEX (you know they'll be using that same 24MP sensor) with a rangefinder.
 
This was a BIG announcement, no doubt about that.

All of these stuff will sell like crazy in east-Asia market. That X2 is just screaming Japan-China hipster market.
 
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