I really hope the rumor I got is wrong. Because it tells me that the new Leica Mini may be an APS-C compact camera with zoom lens. And not a compact Full Frame as (I) hoped. Anyway, let’s see ina few days if the rumor turns out to be correct…
UPDATE: Leica updated the teaser and now shows a smal portion of the camera.
24 Responses
It would be very interesting if they could put a very fast and wide zoom lens in front of it while maintaining the rangefinder.
“new Leica Mini may be an APS-C compact camera with zoom lens”
That’s no reason for disappointment.
A new overpriced Leica: Next!
If there is a Leica with fixed zoom the first question is: Who designed and who made the lens? Leice is not known for its zoom designes…..
The second question is: Who designed and made the sensor? Same as the Leica M?
Third question: What about performance? AF and processing in general.
Hope: Bulid quality and handling a la Leica M!
With positive answers we may have an excellent street photo camera, priced like a D800 housing. A zoom NikonA/RicohD…….
To Admin: Why complain? Sony RX1 is already here for those wanting a FF compact camera. A Leica version would cost more and not make much sense as they learned from the X1/X2 they can’t compete with Japanese companies on the same area.
An APS-C compact with a zoom make perfect sense as that is a nishe not yet occupied by any other camera, like when X1 was the only APS-C compact with a fixed lens. Though I don’t think they will be alone in that spot for very long. Maybe until next year or just a few months. RX10, just saying…
I find it hard to believe. APS-C with fixed zoom is a very restrictive design. You just can’t make it “mini”, large aperture and high quality at the same time. As far as I know the only digital example has been the Sony R1, which wasn’t small by any means. The Canon G1X is almost APS-C and is small enough, but it has atrocious optics.
A camera with an APS-C-sized sensor and a fixed zoom is less restrictive than a camera with an APS-C-sized sensor and a fixed fixed focal length lens. I’d take the zoom any day, provided teh IQ is good. And the G1 X lens is actually pretty good compared to typical kit zooms, slow AF and poor macro mode though.
That´s the point! I can´t understand so many people complaining about it´s not FF. Any complains about Fuji X100s IQ?
Tri-Elmar?
A Tri-Elmar would be great (so much more Leica than a zoom), but the existing Tri-Elmar lenses aren’t very compact.
Also, the Tri-Elmars are designed for full-frame (24x36mm) coverage and are very expensive. So I doubt they would use them on an APS-C sensor for economic reasons.
Leica´s CEO Kaufmann very much praised Fuji´s hybrid VF concept. A tri Elmar type lens probably not necessary anymore.
It’s just that i’m not aware of any Leica zoom lens and I don’t believe that Leica could be bothered to develop one 🙂 That’s why I thought that it would make more sense to feature Tri-Elmar styled lens.
What I’d like to see instead is M without RF and with EVF for less money than M.
That said, hardcore Leica fans would claim that M without RF isn’t M – and I would agree 🙂 I just wish that Leica cameras weren’t that expensive. I haven’t held the new Type240 but M9 doesn’t feel anything like my M6, in my mind it’s lower quality than M6.
The Tri-Elmar lenses are in fact zooms which have been limited to three focal length settings only because of the limitation of the rangefinder.
I am quite certain Leica will produce their own zoom if they decide to make an APS-C zoom-compact camera. Something like a X2 but with a zoom.
Actually this camera could be interesting. Basically Leica’s answer to the Fuji X100 series but with a fixed zoom instead of fixed prime.
Too many variables to make conclusions yet, but we’ll see. Unfortunately, since this is Leica we’re talking about, it will also probably cost far more than most people can afford, myself included.
It’s gonna be designed by Panasonic and priced like a Leica
A FF M mount with an. EVF only? I have to think if its APSC sized sensor, it would have a fixed lens of sorts – probably a zoom.
Maybe a 1.2 crop M8 size sensor with an EVF and put it at about $3200. It would stop people from getting the Sony and might tempt people to step up from the Fuji and get a ‘real’ rangefinder camera.
It seems the lens mount is on the side of the front ala NEX layout?
As always the price-feature ratio will startle, but after consideration it it will seem less crazy, but still not worth the money.
Leica has been known to sell rebranded panasonic cameras, the D-Lux 6 shown above included. Could this be a rebranded m4/3?
There is no Panasonic fixed lense APS-C camera, so it’s very unlikly that the leica is a fixed APS-C Camera 😉
I’ve just sold my Leica Minilux. Would welcome a digital version. APS-C is fine to me.
Please be a fullframe mirrorless ils camera for a couple grand less than the 240!!!
One thing – looking at the picture, it looks like it will be black and the lens isn’t in the same place as on M – also no OVF from what we can see there. But then again, it might be just crap Photoshop job 🙂
The lens seem be in same place as on the X2. 😉