I know the different families and am not pointing out the details of all of them, because - they are too many. 3 lines are ok, 4, 5, 6 are too many. 1) M 2) T? 3) compacts
And pointing the T as too expensive and not getting the planned ROI is exact the outcome of the most dumbest marketing ever, since the Mini M desaster that Leica made.
It's the only camera aside of the M that has real growth potential, but not if you don't understand how far different genius its qualities are that need further strong development to show it to the blind, too. It's beyond M, X, or any other.
Ok, let's keep the idea that the M can't create new revenues out of new camera versions. Than invest in Q and cheapo-M. Yes, let's do. So we get an R1R super special Leica Q compact. What does that have to provide that Sony can't catch up in a msec, at the same quality at 50% the price, jointly with Zeiss? ZERO! dead on arrival product.
Now a cheapo-M with a T-Mount and EVF. APS-C and Full-Frame. We see how expensive a T is, so a M camera with T-Mount and M-Software, would be costing around 5K, the least and provide you with: A APS-C system with an old CMOS sensor and a new mount with only some average, but already expensive T-Mount Zooms. Not even the smart T-GUI would have been selected and improved - a total fail, as this will be. If smartly played the future UI and Leica'd have well understood it - not so the market, yet. I trust Sony doing it soon, but until then it's Leica's window of opportunity. Regardless - this cheapo (not so) M is a total fiasko again. Make it cheaper, based on the X with x design, so actually, it could be:
The new X-System with a historic Leica M39 look EVF (as so many have complained and wanted for so long) and T-mount. Yes, I see this being sold a few times, like with every X, is being sold a few times. The T-mount will not get you new customers, if it remains as expensive in lenses as is today.
No, the strategy must be to sell more lenses, regardless, arrogant old views, sell it to everybody. The Panasonic Leica lenses are great and cheap enough. Make them mass-produced in Japan/Portugal and sell them to all M43 and APS-C systems (X, E), bite away the revenues that Fuji and Sony need from Lense-selling, bite away from Zeiss either.
Camera-wize use that production to make better fitting (>iQ) sensor-lens combination with a T-mount on an EVF-X, but that's a limited camera again by concept.
I still trust the Leica T concept can create more success if well played on the long-term.
M, will continue and still I'd love to have a smaller M8ish like body on all of them.
T&br, Carlos.
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