Yeah, I sometimes still really miss my M3 system. Besides what was pictured here, I had a Visoflex, several lenses, and lots of their fun accessories.
But, I sold it all to finance a Nikon F3 system and a darkroom. (That will tell you how long ago I used the M3!)
Nowadays, most Leica digital cameras are out of the price range of almost every photographer I know. Prices range from used car numbers to dollars that could buy a pretty nice house in our area!
Enter a new camera line from Leica, the Leica T Digital.
Leica has long had a policy, in SLRs anyways, of linking up with Japanese camera companies to market some very useful, and competitively priced systems. Remember Minolta and the R3, R4, and R4s cameras?
Well, coming in July 2014, but available for pre-order now, is a new line that looks like it is based on Sony's NEX cameras. Funny, because a modified version Minolta's Maxxum lens mount is what the early Sony DSLRs were based on. And now the NEX, being mirrorless, can handle adapters for a variety of different lens mounts.
Likewise, the new Leica can mount M lenses with a new adapter. $395.00 Will more adapters come?
Here are the prices and specs available now from our friends at Adorama:
LEICA T DIGITAL CAMERA - BLACK Price: $1,850.00
LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-T 18-56mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH Lens Price: $1,750.00
LEICA VISOFLEX VIEWFINDER - BLACK Price: $595.00
Also check out the first impression from DP Review.
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