Leica T: the Fujifilm X-series you probably can’t afford
Came across this review via Shawn Blanc’s blog, and couldn’t help thinking that with the 23mm f/2 lens mounted it’s basically Leica playing catch-up to Fujifilm’s original X100, at more than 3 times the price of the current X100s.
Good luck to them, but really I think Fujifilm is the new Leica.
It’s funny reading a legit tech guru like Marco on one of my areas of expertise. Not that he pretends to be something he’s not; he just doesn’t “get” why a serious professional photographer [with serious money] would invest in a Leica system, and it’s amusing to see him try.
It’s the glass, silly. (Not just the 35mm f/2, either. And it’s certainly not about landscape performance.) Oh.. and the full-frame sensor in that tiny body. But mostly, it’s the glass.
He does get one thing semi-right: the M9 sensor is “disappointing” at high ISO’s. Then again, “disappointing” is subjective; I reckon I’d settle for Leica high-ISO grain if I could find the money for a full Leica system.
I can’t say I’m unhappy with my “rangefinder”-EVF-hybrid Fujifilm X system, though. Its high-ISO performance is breathtaking, and its price point is as diminutive as its size.
You should rent an X-Pro1 next, Marco.