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Those 2 charging methods shouldn't be mutually exclusive

Finally a camera capable of beating corner sharpness of Ricoh GRII. :)

That nickel version looks nice, I'd buy it, if I didn't have original made in Germany Nokton in Leica mount. (I see less swirl on this lens thou, so could be good for some people who hate large swirl).

For the money I'd rather find original pre-war Hugo Meyer Trioplan 75mm f2.9.
At least I'll know that price will remain the same or go up in few years. (this thing is glorified chinese fake).

Yeah, I hear you, but to me, Sony A7 series was always kinda uncomfortable and awkward to use. (and I did own sony A7 for about 6 month and sold it). Even if Sony better IQ and AF, I don't care, if I don't like the way it fits and controls, I won't use it. I think Pana G9 is the most comfortable DSLR style body ever built (maybe Oly E1 as well, and Nikon Z6 is pretty close too).

The main issue, for me, with A7 line was always - too small of a body and mediocre EVF, now Sony solved this with smaller body and weaker EVF. :)
I'll wait for A7-H model (H - for Huge).

P.S. Is it me or new Sony looks more like Panasonic, and new Panasonic looks more like Sony. WTH.

Zenit designed the logo, and they did pretty shi*ty job too.

This is basically a marketing stunt, a name recognition maneuver. This way they can try to sell tons of cheap Chinese / Russian, lenses for premium price. Leica body is their way to enter the western markets.

This camera didn't sell all that well in Putin's patriotic Russia. I don't think there are many rich Russians that want to carry a Zenit camera on their neck. :)
How many people want to put a LADA badge on their BMW?

Who is stopping you from using M39 (L39) lenses right now on Leica M body. Adapters are like $30.

I do shot mediocre a lot, to save space on my hard-drive.

I have to confess, I do own gold plated USB cable. It sounds very clear, neutral, with natural response, to complement my DAC and Senheisers. LOL

They can technically still attach a tube pre-amp on top of a hot-shoe for your sound recording in movie mode.

I'm afraid to ask what did you think A, S and M stand for. Let me guess..
P - Pro
A - Amateur?
S - Semi-retarded?
M - Moron?

I thought Plus meant overweight.

@ Greencurry, LOL, "P" - stands for "PROGRAM" not Pro. I hope you are not paid professional.

@grasscatcher, Thanks for posting such extroverted comment on this anti-social forum

Too late, all my lenses have already been sandpapered.

@dpreview, it would have been funnier on audiophile forum. Now, replace Apple with Fujifilm and AirPods with X-Pro and we have some humor.

But no, you won't do it, will you? because you review cameras right?

Actually I discovered this effect 10 years ago, when I accidentally cleaned my 85/1.2 with fine grade sandpaper.

@Victor Engel, of course I know what angle you are talking about (incidence/refraction) I was just making a joke. Ok, here is what I'm saying: Most 50mm historically have double-gauss design, usually 6 elements, and most super speed lenses (f1.5 and larger) typically have one or two corrective element on the rear. This Nikon looks like a modified Triplet design, with with like 12 corrective elements. Essentially this is a Telephoto lens in a 50mm closing. Or you can also say this lens is build like a Retrofocal design wide angle lenses from SLR days, where they stretch the glass to accommodate the mirror. Anyways, what I'm saying that this lens is surely well corrected, just by looking at it, it looks like there are like 4 asph elements, etc. The reason this lens is as big as 150mm telephoto is because of light ray correction, they will be traveling at fairly straight angle wide open.

@PhotoKhan, so you do admit one would need a quarry truck to carry this lens around?