Hmmmm,, it does look Leica did listen to me… Essentially creating a RICOH GR killer which is a bit cheaper.

Good job Leica!

The original Leica’s lens

A 43 mm focal length sounds surprising at first. But it is one of the most natural to use together with a full-frame sensor or 35 mm film. The inventor Oskar Barnack recognized this in the early 1920s when he picked the Leitz Milar 42 mm Æ’/4.5 as the first lens for the original Leica. This lens had already been used by Leitz since 1905 as a micro and macro lens for plate cameras. The first images captured with this combination made quite a stir at the time due to the degree of authenticity with which they documented everyday life. The photos were unlike anything that had previously been seen.