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New Products // Leica at photokina 2014 // Leica at photokina 2014 // World of Leica - Leica Camera AG

 

 

M System M60 with a major wank of an unboxing video. I can't see anything anywhere on the camera for control of any digital function - looks like a true digital MP.

With only 600 units it won't be cheap!

 

New 2.4 Summarits - the 2.3/35 ASPH interests me.

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New 2.4 Summarits - the 2.3/35 ASPH interests me.

 

Yes, that was pretty much the only thing that caught my eye although according to the forum blog the optical designs haven't changed but have had the production tolerances improved to gain the extra 1/8 aperture value.:D An interesting tidbit is this: "The lens design for the Summarit-M 35 mm includes one aspherical lens element, the predecessor included the same lens element, but it was not mentioned in the official lens name."

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Thanks Ian, I didn't know that. The 35 Summarit will need to have improved edge performance to entice me (had one & sold it).

 

What I'm really delighted about is that I have no Leica GAS of any financial significance. And no new Monochrom for me to worry about upgrading to :)! Well maybe a new D-Lux.

And no Zeiss GAS for the new 1.4/35 ZM as I have a 35 Summmilux.

 

 

However, if that softly rumoured Hasselblad Digital X-Pan eventuates......

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What caught my eye was the sad comparison in size (of the images on the page) between the MP and the MA. If only the M could move towards the MA in size.........

The M60 image is smaller than the MP, but I assume that is not a real shrinkage.

 

I have zero ambition to have a M60, but I am pleased that Leica is the sort of company that wants to make such outliers.

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Thanks Ian, I didn't know that. The 35 Summarit will need to have improved edge performance to entice me (had one & sold it).

 

Yes, agreed. I still have a 35 Summarit and like it a lot but also think edge performance is not its strong point (the Summarits were originally released when the M8 was top dog and I think edge performance was overlooked). I was tempted by today's announcement as a possible replacement of both my current Summarit and Summilux (I like to simplify my camera gear) but there is no point if it is essentially the same lens in a new look lens barrel. E46 too – not sure what I think about that change.

 

I also rather like the M-A – I like the retro aesthetics of it (screws visible in the leather, etc.) – and it is good to see that it is priced at the current MP price rather than used as an opportunity to introduce another price rise. I used to have a meterless MP Classic and, on balance, preferred it to my metered MP (I have no idea why I sold the Classic in preference to my metered MP). There was a time I might have been tempted to get an M-A but notice that there is no black paint option (MP cameras are meant to be fondled as well as used and black paint has the superior tactile quality:D).

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Note Leica also removed the thumb-grip on the M60 to thin it down. There is a neat little metal rectangle instead of the front screw on the M-P. Why didn't Leica just do that in the first place with the M-P.

 

And we will soon see an M-P-P or even a M60-P :rolleyes:

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What caught my eye was the sad comparison in size (of the images on the page) between the MP and the MA. If only the M could move towards the MA in size..........

 

An M-P is 139 x 42 x 80 mm

 

An M-A is 138 x 38 x 77 mm

 

The images on the website are clearly not to the same scale.

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