Very speculative, but it looks like Mike Johnston might have an inside track to some gossip about a possible new Epson R-D2 or something very similar from another manufacturer. I always wanted one of these and can't afford the veblem Leica digital cameras.
This pretty much exists, but only pretty much. It also existed at one time, in the Epson R-D1. I still can't share what I know about why, but suffice it to say that despite decent popularity the R-D1 was orphaned, deliberately, back in 2007. But by now the world has changed, and the conditions that killed the R-D1 are no longer pertinent, and it's not too late to bring out a modern R-D2 (or near clone along those lines built by someone other than Cosina) now. Some people want that. Can't risk saying too much here.
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2017/12/more-imaginary-cameras.html
This pretty much exists, but only pretty much. It also existed at one time, in the Epson R-D1. I still can't share what I know about why, but suffice it to say that despite decent popularity the R-D1 was orphaned, deliberately, back in 2007. But by now the world has changed, and the conditions that killed the R-D1 are no longer pertinent, and it's not too late to bring out a modern R-D2 (or near clone along those lines built by someone other than Cosina) now. Some people want that. Can't risk saying too much here.
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2017/12/more-imaginary-cameras.html