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$500 at introduction?! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

(although I'd pay double if it had a built in EVF a la Panasonic LF1)

I'm waiting for the Fuji X-Pro2, with all new Bayer sensor.

What does this design mean for sensor longevity? Would this stand up to heat cycling for video use?

Adobe stock still hasn't recovered from their CC announcement. But they haven't taken enough of a hit to care. Without taking a big hit, it may take them until the fall, when they're still...

...you've managed to highlight the only thing Leica didn't screw up: the sensor.

Because...Leica hates selling cameras? They can keep their prices and offer useful features, and people will buy more of them. There's nothing to lose.

...and even then, the 645 is pretty much only comfortable in the studio. Compare the D800, which can pull double duty.

No, that's not electronic courage speaking. That (and this) are another human trying to tell you slow your roll, because you're yammering about things you don't know about. Wiser people are...

Leica...silly, Leica. Let me tell you what people really wanted. They wanted an Epson R-D1 with some new lenses and a Leica badge.

If you spent marketing money on incorporating an EVF--instead...

They'd never do it, unless they could implement some archaic "feature" from the wrong century. Like a manual winding lever or something.

More marketing speak: comes with a "fixed" lens, which I'd call "broken" by design.

Yes, it tells you they know something you don't. But you still may not understand what that is.

...and the staff have said so much.

Yes, scour it more fairly! Use steel wool!

Yeah, none of the drawbacks of processing power, expandable memory, or flash support. Oh, add to that a killer map app.

Wait, you obviously haven't seen the new Mac Pro specs. Not that they contradict what your saying...just that they strongly affirm your assertion.

Add to this Adobe shooting themselves in the...

"Did you actually watch the Keynote speech?"

Translation "OMG, this is huge! Didn't you swallow the marketing hype whole?!"

In short: absolutely nothing.

Any word on the lenses? Just re-badged or will they be bringing anything new to the mount?

Wonder if the sensor will be at all updated. I find the sensor in my D7100 to be a touch better.