Leica teases "Mini M"

[hipsterdufus]

Absolutely worthless camera, if true. That is, unless it's got clean files up to 128000 ISO. Otherwise, not quite sure how f6.3 on the long end would be useful.

 

[SaveKodak]

Just what everyone has been waiting for...a slow, fixed, aps-c camera with no view finder!

So they took a Fuji X-E1, made it terrible, and raised the price beyond what could even be reasonably conisdered. Bring on the special editions!

 

[Steve Bellayr]

And, how does this mini-M compare to the D-Lux 6? Is it only more megapixls & price?

 

[splitimageview]

This is funny.

I'll take an X-E1 with 18-55, thank you very much.

 

[benlees]

How utterly underwhelming!

 

[PatrickT]

Yikes. What the hell are they thinking?

 

[f16sunshine]

Well, not exactly filling a void in the marketplace

 

[bensyverson]

I'm amazed... I wonder who will buy this camera. You'd have to be insane to choose this over the RX1 or a Fuji setup.

Edit: Gah, especially with this news item directly below the leaked image of the "Mini M": "Three Full Frame mirrorless from Sony to come in 2014!"

 

[dcsang]

So this is not a rebadged panasonic right? And at the low low price of $2450 Euro too.. sounds like a cracking deal

Cheers,
Dave

 

[funkydog]

If the pic is real then Leica has truly jumped the shark.

 

[Aristophanes]

Well, not exactly filling a void in the marketplace

Designed to create a void in your pocketbook.

 

[bensyverson]

Designed to create a void in your pocketbook.

Slim chance of that, unless there's a void in your skull.

 

[regularchickens]

I think the lesson Leica is teaching us is that they will never again release an M-mount camera for less than $5000.

 

[thejameskendall]

thanks but no thanks.

 

[wollivp]

All these 11 pages and so many news on the web for this camera? LOL

Based on this I can safely assume that the rangefinder, M mount and the full frame sensor can only exist on the Leica M system. Leica will never create another camera that will use the rangefinder or the M mount or the full frame sensor in another system other than the M.

 

[kdemas]

I really do hope that there's something off here, either the price misrepresented or the lens specs. If accurate this is fairly horrific in a crowded market.

 

[morgan]

I don't know. That doesn't seem right to me. The x2 makes sense, the M-E and the others make sense. Even the rebadged panasonics make some sense. But this? I don't know.

Also, there's no way they're calling this a 'mini m' with a slow fixed zoom. It just doesn't make sense.

 

[f16sunshine]

I don't know. That doesn't seem right to me. The x2 makes sense, the M-E and the others make sense. Even the rebadged panasonics make some sense. But this? I don't know.

Also, there's no way they're calling this a 'mini m' with a slow fixed zoom. It just doesn't make sense.

Fully agree. At this point it's still a rumor so...

 

[bensyverson]

Fully agree. At this point it's still a rumor so...

Seems like a pretty official leak. Though I still don't believe they will call it the "Mini M." Nothing in the leaked images refers to the name.

 

[jtullar]

I think Leica has lost their mind. What a disappointment.