Leica Mini
The Leica Mini cost about $300 when it was new while the Minolta Freedom Escort cost about $85 I’ve written previously about how these are for all intents and purposes the same camera. Fraternal twins? Leica and Minolta
Despite this knowledge the gravitational pull of the Leica still seems to draw me in as it obviously has others. It’s true Leica have created some incredible photographic equipment and I guess this halo allowed them to charge more for the same thing such as the Leica Digilux 4.3 which was essentially a Fujifilm 4700 or the Leica Digilux 3 which was the same as a Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 and there were and are more examples. There is always just enough modification to at least create the plausibility of justification whether it’s the lens or firmware. In the case of the Leica Mini its the lens that is different but from what I can see there is little or no gain over the Minolta. See what I just did there? Even I hedged my bet that there could be a difference, what am I afraid of, the not so secret society the Leicati? If having a Leica is something that matters to you then this is a good one to have it’s cheap and decent and has a red dot but if you can’t find one you could always just put a red dot on the Minolta.
