Over all the hubbub about new iPods, let’s not forget that other exciting products were announced on September 9. Among them: The Leica X1
The Leica features a sensor that I would love to have: An APS-C size sensor in the body of a compact – the biggest sensor ever in a compact camera. The camera comes with a fixed 24 mm lens, making it an effective 35 mm classic Leica rangefinder.
I hope this will only be one of the first APS-C size compact cameras to come, although I have my doubts that Nikon or Canon would enter this (nichey) market. I realize that on these kinds of cameras you will never see the long range zooms that a lot of the compact buyers love to buy, since such lenses would simply be too voluminous. But an APS-C size compact with exchangeable prime lenses or short zooms would be very desirable. For travel, I would take them over micro 4/3 cameras at any time.
More information can be found on the Leica site. Luminous-Landscape got their hands on one of them, so feel free to read their early impressions.
Price: $1995.00
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