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With the release of the X1, Leica has chosen to go its own way by not joining the MicroFourThirds technology. The X1 will use a new developed APS-C sensor and a ixed lens (Sorry, no interchangeable lens mount!). Anyway, Leica will keep working with Panasonic on new MicroFourThirds lenses.
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Hi,
since the aperture on the X1 is apparently being controlled by the dial on the corner of the top plate, and that dial goes from 2.8-16 (and has an “A” setting, as well), i highly doubt that the lens is interchangeable, since this would mean that no future “X-mount” lenses could be faster than 2.8. Even slower lenses would be impractical using this dial.
Apart from this, I also don’t see a lens release button anywhere on the two pictures that we have so far. Unless, of course, they are re-introducing the screw mount 🙂
But we’ll see tomorrow 🙂
Soeren
Do you know who makes the sensors in Leica cameras?
There are a lot of reasons Leica would not make a m4/3 mount and the biggest reason IMO is that people could stick other lenses on the bodies and Leica could not have the whole niche to itself. I bet Leica felt some pain after Voigtlander and Zeiss started pumping out M mount lenses. Makes sense for Leica to play it small and just make m4/3 lenses now and the X1, though fearfull the price probably will be, can be their own little corner all to themselfs, until someone else comes along and does it for a fifth of the price.
Might want to fix that time.
Thought the X1 had a non-interchangeable lens? That’s what everything I’ve seen has indicated. So, no lens mount.