I enjoy taking pics with my phone & its minimalist interface. It's a different thing to using a rangefinder or an SLR, but it works really well. IMO putting a good amount of the T's interface on the rear LCD makes sense, if for no other reason than in terms of appeal to folks familiar & comfortable with touch surfaces. Curmudgeons may grumble, but this camera isn't for them. (It's not for me either...the last thing I need is more photo gear.)
-Dave-
Dave, love your open mind.
Personally I'm impressed with Leica.
They are producing new product, traditional product and professional product.
All from a company that was given up for dead a decade ago.
I love the idea of the T series. It's not the camera for me, because it's too large to drop in a pocket too small for most professional work, but if you want a modern version of the M, then they made it.
They do need lenses and that's the one thing every maker seems to have issues with on new introductions and Leica needs to up their video quality to make a true modern multimedia camera.
What I would really love to see is a photographer's mobile phone. A dedicated camera first, phone second I think would be a big hit, all done in the Leica T/Mac Style.
Last Saturday we went to the Hollywood Bowl to see Black Sabbath. Had great seats, first row from the media area so decent enough view to shoot some images to send to friends and family.
Like everyone in the crowd I taped away at will. Standing next to me was a 25/30 year old woman, with a Leica M8. Now an M8 isn't really a concert camera, but you could tell she knew what she was doing.
She pre focused, by measurement, set the exposure and the moment she put the camera to her eye security stopped her. She obviously wasn't shooting for commerce and with an M8 going to break some kind of liscesning agreement, unless Getty owned the stills (which is more and more commonplace).
I would imagine she was shooting personally or for a blog, but none the less, she was less intrusive than the 5,000 shaky videos that were going to be on you tube that night.
Why stop her? Because she was holding a real camera.
IMO
BC