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What you say is true for the Leica M that Dave Barnes mentiioned, but the Leica Q definitely features a full-featured EVF. (and has for two years) : http://us.leica-camera.com/Pho...

He must be thinking of the Leica SL, which does have an electronic viewfinder and is FF. About twice as many pixels as the one in my Olympus E-M1 II. But there is no way in shit I am paying $6000 for a camera body.

My guess is Nikon will keep things at least fairly reasonable to be price competitive with Sony and Canon, not Leica and Hasselblad; so I am looking forward to this.

http://us.leica-camera.com/Pho...
who cares about Nikon?
Late to the party.

You forgot the makers of the camera I wish I could justify buying:
http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/special_editions/m9_titan/

It's beautiful. I _know_ it's not value for money, but I want one anyway.

The new Leica S2 is an interesting leap with a 37.5 megapixel CCD, a larger sensor (56% larger than 35mm full-frame). http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08092301_leica_s2.asp
http://www.s.leica-camera.com/

With higher MP, you will need higher optics or switch to medium format cameras.

If you can't afford the digital back (or even the camera that takes it), Leica makes a very nice digital camera (albeit not SLR) called the Digilux (1 and 2). You can find it here.

It's pretty much everything you would expect from Leica in a point-and-shoot type. It reminds me very much of their MP-series film cameras, which are also incredible.

I think there was a company that was planning to release a digital adapter that would replace a 35mm cartridge. I don't think this product went beyond the vaporware stage. Perhaps someone else on slashdot has a better memory than I do and can remember more details about this proposed product.

If you have a large format camera, you may want to look at digital backs from Leaf.

As much as I'd love to be able to drop a digital film replacement into any camera in my 35mm camera collection, I don't think this will happen any time soon. I'm currently debating the merits of shelling out big bucks for a digital SLR with a true 24mm by 36mm CCD or buying an Olympus E-1. Then again, I could pay the bills and the mortgage. ;-)

Well, if you do have RIGHT camera, of course. Leica announced exactly this thing for its SLR bodies R8/R9.

http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/rsystem/digit almodul/index_e.html

Two of the most beautifully designed cameras (IMHO) are made of titanium bodies: The Leica minilux and the contax G series . A tad pricey , but they both excellent designs.

Let software quality make your products stand out from others, not features. There are many "elitist" companies in every industry that use this tactic. Take the Leica camera company for example (I'm into photography). They make some of the simplest featureless cameras in the market, yet they are the most expensive cameras in the market. Why? Because people don't buy their cameras for features, they buy them because of quality.

You can do the same thing with software. Make it nice and simple, but make it stable and fast. Take the basic and most important features that people use all the time, and make them work the best they can. With a good solid base system, minor features can easily be compensated for or even forgotten.

But I definately think that it is concievable that in a few (10) years that we will start to see the disapearance of film and the appearance of high quality digital alternatives, for about the same price as their celluoid cousins. Personally, I can't wait!

But if you are looking for an awesome digital camera (still) definately check out the top of the line Kodak camera one built on the Ni kon F5 and one built on the Canon Eos 1N, also, polaroid makes a cool one, but my personal fave is the Leica Studio Digital camera. Ohhh, I want one :)