Canon Rumors said:
dolina said:
I would have been really nice if they instead made a fixed lens medium format camera instead for $4,000-6,000.
Hopefully Sony will make one. I expect the size of the body to be equal to a 5D + prime lens.
I wonder how many of these expensive compact cameras does Leica actually sell. Is the margin so big, that they can sell a few thousand and it's worthwhile?
This may be of interest if you want to know how healthy the rangefinder market is and how large is the medium format market in a given year.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcbabej/2013/05/08/how-leica-camera-is-reinventing-the-medium-format-market-on-its-own-terms/
The downward trend of dedicated still cameras has forced all brands to go up market.
Good thing for Leica they are an up market brand.
I got myself Leica X (Typ 113), the APS-C equivalent of the rumored full frame Q and for what it is its pretty good.
A direct rival to the Panasonic X100T sans connectivity and pricing.