{"id":23438,"date":"2013-06-15T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=23438"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:39:58","slug":"leica-x-vario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2013\/06\/15\/leica-x-vario\/","title":{"rendered":"Leica X Vario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A comedic touch.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Proving once again that it&#8217;s impossible to underestimate the intelligence of the (camera) consumer, Leica gives us this doorstop:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/LeicaXVario.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"443\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>For your $2,850 you get a modest range 28-70mm (FFE) fixed zoom with the splendid maximum aperture of f\/6.4 for your APS-C sensor at the long end.  f\/6.4!<\/p>\n<p><i>And no viewfinder!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Add one for $200 (Olympus VF-2) or $500 (Leica rebranded Olympus VF-2) and you have a mediocre EVF which still works poorly in bright sun.<\/p>\n<p>For that sort of money you can get a premium Canon or Nikon APS-C body with a stellar zoom lens with a real aperture, and money left over.  A semi-pro quality Nikon D7100 will run you $1,200.  Add a no less stellar 24-120mm fixed f\/4 zoom for a further $1,300 and you still have $350 left compared to this toy from Leica.<\/p>\n<p>Or, with MFT sensors now competitive with APS-C, an Olympus OMD will cost you $925 and $250 for a 28-84mm compact zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing what people will pay for a red dot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comedic touch. Proving once again that it&#8217;s impossible to underestimate the intelligence of the (camera) consumer, Leica gives us this doorstop: For your $2,850 you get a modest range 28-70mm (FFE) fixed zoom with the splendid maximum aperture of f\/6.4 for your APS-C sensor at the long end. f\/6.4! And no viewfinder! Add one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2013\/06\/15\/leica-x-vario\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leica X Vario<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","category-leica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23438"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23525,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23438\/revisions\/23525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}