just read Leica is announcing a csc at photokina next year! I wonder how expensive it will be or will it be as good as panasonic,olympus and sony?(as they all have a head start)
LEICA TO LAUNCH 'COMPACT SYSTEM CAMERA' AT PHOTOKINA 2012

Leica to launch 'compact system camera' at Photokina 2012 (update) news - Amateur Photographer - news, camera reviews, lens reviews, camera equipment guides, photography courses, competitions, photography forums

Will it be a true Leica, or a re branded Panasonic?

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Probably a non-red dot branded cam with poor iso and color space ;-) and cost 2x too much.

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Gotta read the first line

"Details are scant, but the camera will feature an imaging sensor at least as large as an APS-size,"

Obviously not a Panasonic branded camera... that's unless Panasonic will also release an larger than APS sensor equipped camera.


Hopefully this is the solution R-system users have been looking for.... or perhaps a "baby" S of sorts.


Personally... I'm 100% skeptical. Leica is already overwhelmed trying to meet demands for the S, X, M and their perpetually out of stock lenses.

I would say it would be on the style of the x1 but with changeable lenses, I was wondering why they were bringing out m43 lens, maybe they will see how the sale of that goes and if the market is good !

Ummm .... wasn't the M9 like the original mirrorless compact system camera?

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Interesting problem for Leica. What price point to start dipping into a larger pool of users?

You took the words right out of my mouth, Just like the d-lux 5.