Interesting Leica product announcements today ...

Bruce wrote:

1. Leica M Monochrom, with 18 MP black and white full frame sensor. No
need for a Bayer pattern, no AA filter, no interpolation. Low noise
up to ISO 10,000.

Niche product, needs filters on the lens (instead of being able
to do that in post) which negates the high ISO partially or fully.

I wish them luck. There should be more dedicated monochrome
cameras.

No AA filter also means that the:

2. Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 ASPH. The first 50mm Summicron with an
aspherical element. The previous (pre-ASPH) model was one of the
sharpest lenses ever made. This one will be even better.

won't be a good match outside controlled situations where aliasing
can be detected before the situation has ended.

-Wolfgang