No LCD digital camera. Will we see it soon?

[dct]

I use my Canon G11 with the LCD folded closed most of the time. For typical shots the AF is reliable, and so is exposure on P mode. The mode dial, exposure comp, and ISO are hard dials. It's pretty close to shooting without an LCD.

Ed

You made the point: Apart from the chimping party, the discussion here is all about "but how can I select my digicam functions without a menu LCD?"
Think at the square inches you gain on the back of a camera for "old school" control dials for ISO, colour programs, etc. if you eliminate the viewer LCD and keep only a small information display on the top or back plate (like the last electronic analog SLR were designed). With so many cm2 left it should be possible to concieve a good ergonomic dial/buttons user interface and give analog camera controls for the daily use functions, which are of course a few more than in a film camera.
For the seldom used digital menu functions you could use an EVF or control it via USB (or modern wireless-whatever-connection) with an included Windows/iOS/Android application.

No 🙁 I don't believe the industry will deliver a camera line like that. But I would buy it!

 

[Godfrey]

I would love a Leica M Edition 60. But as a special edition, limited run camera + lens set, it's simply too expensive for my interest (never mind that I already have all the lenses I want).

I would be very interested to see what the reaction and sales would be if they'd put this body into regular production, with standard chrome or black paint finish, and price it at the same level as the M-P. It would then be a viable option specialist-body alternative to the M-P and M Monochrom, with the general purpose M (Type 240) as the baseline.

(BTW, my X2 is set up as my "digital Barnack." Fitted with a 35mm OVF, set up for B&W JPEGs + raw capture, manual focus, and LCD in "optical viewfinder mode" (off!), the only time I see anything on the LCD is when I set the focus by zone (f/5.6 and be there, I just wish the focus was set by a ring on the lens...) or set the ISO (100 or 400 if I'm in "film camera emulation" mindset). It's not as simple as the M Edition 60 and it doesn't have a rangefinder, but it's a similar user experience unless you press the Play button. ;-)

G