Jman13 wrote:
I can\'t believe both this and the M-Monochrom have 230k rear screens. Those first came out in like 2006. Heck, a 460k screen is now looked down upon as a negative, even though they are fairly usable, but let\'s face it, 920k or bust is the standard nowadays. 460 could be acceptable on the X2, but on the M-M, it\'s just embarrassing....it\'s a 5 figure camera, they can put a screen on it that at least keeps up with modern advanced point and shoots.
FlyPenFly wrote:
My guess is Leica simply doesn\'t have the electronics engineers who can keep updating the screen electronics and display logic for higher resolution screens.
With the exception of Mercedes, that seems to be the case for the majority of German firms. They suck at electronics.
I can believe it for the M9, but am surprised about the X2.
The M9 platform is nearing end of life, or so one would think. LL has a 2009 interview view with, I think Daniels, in which he explains the M9\'s electronics were basically a carry-over from the M8, which was developed externally by another German company. This was continued into the M9 because Leica\'s in-house resources at the time were tied up with the development of the S2, which from my understanding, doesn\'t suck from an electronics point of view - it\'s fast.
Taking a guess, there are probably components of this dated design, either software or hardware, that might make it unattractive for Leica to incorporate a modern high-rez LCD. Another guess is they\'d rather leave that for the M10, which one assumes is a ground up redesign ,in terms of electronics.
As for the X2... yeah, they\'ve had three years and certainly could have done more. It makes me wonder how much the camera is just a rebadging of the X1, though obviously the sensor is different, so there must be some other modernizations internally.
It would be nice to see something like an \'XM\' with simply an M-mount and an even higher spec add-on EVF. I think they could do that... maybe for Photokina?
May 10, 2012 at 03:39 PM
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