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Steve Spencer wrote:
Charlie, I very much like that idea... but I will be shocked if Leica does anything remotely like that.
haha, Well despite all my ra ra in advance I was shocked when the A7 was announced. And since the A7 project was cancelled twice, probably many in Sony were surprised too.
These are interesting times, I was just going over the GFX "challenge videos"
http://www.diyphotography.net/fuji-teases-7-gfx-challenge-videos-show-off-can/
so I have some motion sickness...next somebody will tell me Hassie is making a MF camera again
Of course you are right, we can't hold our breath for the kind of vision which created the ur-Leica. But the 21st century Barnack could also be an opportunity for Panasonic to follow Sony's lead and take a step into the realm of serious cameras. They have all sorts of new sensor ideas, albeit no FF at the moment. However Sony has been an unpredictable supplier lately, abruptly terminating 16mp production for Fuji. Panny has been killing it in the super-zoom business, and a Barnack could be their GFX. Leica supervision and Panasonic production capabilities could go head to head with Sony, who is leaving plenty of room for competition with such high pricing. Leica could let Panny farm out a whole new native lens line for the barnack: fast zooms that could actually be smaller than DSLR cameras, since the Barnack must handle steep rays anyway. The minolta/leica history is a elary model of what could seriously steal the FF show: a truly compact FF that actually would shoot all the lenses (except sony) right at their limits. Panny has the patents and engineers to spec a 42mp sensor tommorrow if there was a will.
https://petapixel.com/2016/02/03/panasonic-unveils-organic-cmos-sensors-with-global-shutter-and-100x-sensitivity/
And on the more exclusive path, there is that new 8K Cmosis sensor, which is very expensive, but shows they can innovate pretty well. That route would push the Barnack way up in cost, I suppose, although there is nothing to say the body could not offer several flavors of sensor some much cheaper. The Techart pro works with A7ii, so why something similar with any 24mp sensor properly speed?
If anyone thinks such a contraptive system is unprecedented, they can look at the accessories which were made for the M system in the 1960s:
especially the visoflex, with lenses to 800mm
You really don't have to make all those lenses, just make a tiny back to shoot the ones already out there and it will sell. I can't wait to try the techart pro with my 500/4E, to be honest.
What is undeniable is there remains a gigantic opportunity in the camera market. Fuji won't touch it because they are making a killing at APS-C, and the GFX will keep that safe. But if you watch what people have wanted to do with their Sonys, starting with the Nex-5, and how disappointed many are that many FE lenses are actually bigger than Canikon, you just can't miss the hole.
The biggest obstacle, a lens line, is totally obviated with a good jack of all trades design, which is small as possible. And the L mount is alot better than the E mount as the platform, because it is wider. Focus just on a great very small body with cutting edge adapters, and you won't have to make "challenge videos". Camera nuts around the world will make them for you.
Maybe we need a petition to Solms/Osaka
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