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 p.11 #6 · p.11 #6 · Official Announcement: Leica Q3 43 Digital Camera Released! | |
tzhang4284 wrote:
A Ford Model T is a precursor to a Ford Mustang but that doesn't mean they share anything between them. I meant modern mirrorless cameras - e.g. Leica SL. Just as how the RX1was basically a dress rehearsal for the sony a7, the Q was the precursor to the SL series, Leica said as much.
I don't really care about how much Panasonic is in a camera but comparing the D-Lux 8 to the Q3 28mm or 43mm is not relevant at all. As for the components in the D-Lux 8 - the sensor as well, which is probably more important than the lens here, - there's a significantly improved 26mp sensor in the G9 II with phase detect AF. To me all the other changes are just window dressing - at its core, it's a camera from 2018.
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They've also plenty of changes over the years to non-APO Summilux and Summicron lenses to improve image quality, nothing is static as much as you want it to believe that's the case. I only used the APO lenses as an example since it's a similar line and clearly tangible. Everything you say btw is generally true and I agree on design trade offs but I think you underestimate the amount of improvement that can occur in 10 years in optics even today. Processes, design decisions, materials have not stayed static. Every other major manufacturer has made big improvements in their optical designs at a much lower price point as I'm sure has Leica - it just has done it in a more selective way since it has a different business model.
As for the D-Lux optic, I actually agree on the diminishing returns argument - mainly because the potential buyers at the volume they're selling them don't seem to care. That doesn't mean they couldn't make its better if they wanted to - zoom lens designs have improved significantly in 10 years and there's nothing particularly special or magical about the lens when it was the LX100 besides the fact that now it's a Leica....Show more →
I hear ya ... I reckon we're closer to bein' on the same page than it might seem. It's not that they "couldn't" ... it's just I didn't expect they had a strong compelling need to, and folks seem pretty happy with it as is. Watching what others have done with it, I appreciate its drawing style, and I suppose that's the "look" Leica was after. So, if they got what they wanted ... yeah, no reason to change (imo). Not sure if I'll pick up one for myself, but it's at least on my radar.
Imo, it could make a good "bike" camera ... you know, those times when you don't wanna go out without a rig, but it's not your main focus (i.e. out with friends / family, etc.) 
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