Leica teases "Mini M"

[wollivp]

This one doesn't deserved a teaser, just launch it already.

Leica really need a competition in digital rangefinder world. I hope Voigtlander/Zeiss will come up with a digital rangefinder camera that will compete head to head with digital M.

 

[Ronald_H]

Hey, but what if the lens comes off? This camera with interchangable lenses? APS-C competition would still murder it though.

 

[noimmunity]

I think the OP had better do us all a favor and delete this thread!

 

[morgan]

Hey, but what if the lens comes off? This camera with interchangable lenses? Still, APS-C competition would still murder it.

If it's not a fixed lens that's a different story, IMO. But for me personally, I just want a cheaper rangefinder to update my R-D1. I don't care if it's aps-c. But it does need to have a rangefinder. No evf for me.

 

[kbg32]

That is a rebadged Panasonic zoom.

 

[Pioneer]

Thank God this is only a rumor. For one, it cannot be an "M" unless it uses the M lenses, and so far it does not seem that this one does.

If this turns out not to be a rumor, it would appear that Leica has badly miscalculated.

 

[swoop]

I know it's just a picture but to me it looks like that lens comes off. Can't really tell if it's hiding a release on the other side.

 

[_goodtimez]

Hey I just love this :

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind..."
Dorothea Lange

I also drive one of my cars like a rental 🙂

edit: this new mini M cannot be better than any already existing M can it ?

 

[steveclem]

I know it's just a picture but to me it looks like that lens comes off. Can't really tell if it's hiding a release on the other side.

The M mount release is on the R/H side of the mount on my Epson and M2.
Ok, L/H side if viewed straight on 🙂

 

[f16sunshine]

I know it's just a picture but to me it looks like that lens comes off. Can't really tell if it's hiding a release on the other side.

Here look again at the picture. It looks just like the x2 in the lens to body area. Hard to see how it could be removable. It's a bigger body though with a "flush" hotshot. Maybe this larger body is housing an EVF on the back side. Still. It's the lens choice that makes this a non starter for me. Benched before the first snap.

 

[Ronald_H]

The M mount release is on the R/H side of the mount on my Epson and M2.
Ok, L/H side if viewed straight on 🙂

Maybe a new (electronic) mount? As if we didn't have enough of the damn things 😉 Could still work with an M adapter though.

But no FF means I am not interested. I'll just slap a Voigtlander SLII 40mm on my D600 and be done with it, despite the bulk and the auto not quite focus.

 

[Cyrus]

Here look again at the picture. It looks just like the x2 in the lens to body area. Hard to see how it could be removable. It's a bigger body though with a "flush" hotshot. Maybe this larger body is housing an EVF on the back side. Still. It's the lens choice that makes this a non starter for me. Benched before the first snap.

There is also a thick line in the junction between the top and inferior plate and the camera body which makes the X2 zoom a fake!

 

[jaapv]

I know it's just a picture but to me it looks like that lens comes off. Can't really tell if it's hiding a release on the other side.

Only if it is LTM...🙄

 

[daveleo]

That image is a fake. I'll bet my shoes on it. The lens axis is not perfectly perpendicular to the lens mount ring.

That blur around the lens mount is suspicious too - there's not enough light to believe it's a reflection off the metal ring onto the body.

f3.5 - f6.4 ? ? . . . can't be .

 

[2WK]

The perfect backup camera for my Hassy Lunar!

 

[aeturnum]

There is also a thick line in the junction between the top and inferior plate and the camera body which makes the X2 zoom a fake!

The fact that the image has been manipulated isn't proof in itself. It's likely that the real publicity shot will be heavily photoshopped as well.

Personally, I think a fixed lens Tri-Elimar 28-35-50 with rangefinder could be very cool. However, you're going to end up very close to the cost of an M, so what's the point?

 

[JuJu]

That image is a fake. I'll bet my shoes on it. The lens axis is not perfectly perpendicular to the lens mount ring.

That blur around the lens mount is suspicious too - there's not enough light to believe it's a reflection off the metal ring onto the body.

f3.5 - f6.4 ? ? . . . can't be .

+1
It's a photoshopped X2 & M9 combination.

 

[bensyverson]

That is a rebadged Panasonic zoom.

Which one? If this is really APS-C, that would be surprising. As far as I know, Panasonic does not manufacture an APS-C camera.

 

[Particular]

+1
It's a photoshopped X2 & M9 combination.

If I would photoshop it, I would dream up more interesting specs.
The images have an odd color balance. Is this a bad scan from a brochure?

 

[Kingsfan]

hope this is fake

well better for my wallet if it's real!