It’s been almost two years since the French startup Pixii announced its display-less digital M-mount rangefinder that uses your smartphone as both a screen and means of storage. The Pixii camera is a long time in the making, but they seem to have followed through on the launch promise. Now, is finally available for early-adopters to order, but don’t expect to pick it up for cheap.

Similar to the Leica M-D (only for this, Pixii is a little more unusual with a slightly different use case), the Pixii camera eschews a rear LCD display and instead relies on being paired with a smartphone to review images captured through the 0.67x magnification optical viewfinder (53.6-degree FOV). The only display on the camera is a small OLED screen on the top of the camera that shows the basic image settings.

The machined aluminum body houses a 12MP (4080 x 2732 pixels) APS-C CMOS sensor with a global electronic shutter at a native ISO of 320 that can be only be adjusted up to 2500. Lenses are attached via a Leica M mount but, using an adapter, you can also shoot with M39 and LTM lenses. Shutter speed can set to auto or manual but focus and aperture are controlled manually only.

The Pixii camera also forgoes an SD card and instead stores images on 4GB/8GB of internal storage. Once filled, images can be transferred wirelessly to a paired mobile device via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The camera also uses a built-in 1,000mAh Li-ion battery that can be recharged via the onboard USB port.

Here some high-res sample photos provided by Pixii:

The 8GB model comes in Space Gray and Black Matte finishes and retails for $3,300, while the special launch edition comes in at $3,050.
There’s no information at this time on shipment timeframes.

More info on Pixii’s website.