> On Oct 25, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > > Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > >> Slightly off-topic for PDML, but I thought BobW, Cotty, and maybe a couple >> others might be interested. >> >> --- >> This is a new take on the "M-mount digital camera" that I saw on Leica >> Rumors: https://pixii.fr. >> >> Rangefinder, manual focus and exposure, no LCD, 256G built-in memory only, >> WiFi connect for data transfer, etc. They don't list a sensor format and >> Mpixel yet, but rumor has it that it's an APS-C format with 12 to 16 >> Mpixels. Another information update is supposedly due soon. > > Has anyone yet mentioned that Leica has since announced that they're > making essentially the same kind of camera? > https://petapixel.com/2018/10/24/leica-m10-d-a-minimalist-analog-body-with-wi-fi-instead-of-an-lcd/ > > Minimalist. No LCD. WiFi only. > It's 24MP full-frame. (I can's see myself using a Leica rangefinder > with Leica lenses if not full frame - just doesn't "feel" right to > me.) > > Of course, being Leica, the *price* isn't minimalist: 8 grand. > > If not for the price I could quite see myself using one of these.
Not quite the same kind of camera, Mark. The PIXII is a much simpler, all-built-in storage and battery camera with just the optical rangefinder. The M10-D is a limited edition version of the M10, sans LCD, and takes an optional EVF, takes SD storage cards and M10 batteries, and is configurable/controllable via WiFi with the Leica FOTOs app on smart phones. It is as yet unclear whether the PIXII is APS-C or FF format but it is considered very likely to be a 16 Mpixel APS-C format camera; the M10-D has a FF format sensor with 24Mpixel resolution. The M10-D follows the very successful limited production M-D model, which sold out its run within a year and a quarter. I bought the M-D and it has become one of my most favorite cameras of all time, as well as my favorite Leica M whether film or digital capture. :-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
