imants Posted November 22, 2015 Share #1 Posted November 22, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Because of the camera not the images that can be produced 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Hi imants, Take a look here Buying a Leica M ( 262) reasons. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
imants Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted November 22, 2015 other 1) My old Epson Rd1 is on its last legs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted November 22, 2015 Share #3 Posted November 22, 2015 That's two more reasons than you really need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted November 22, 2015 Share #4 Posted November 22, 2015 From what I have seen and read the M 262 is a lovely camera and it is an excellent addition to the Leica M range. Unless potential buyers need the features it lacks then go for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted November 23, 2015 Share #5 Posted November 23, 2015 No 1:1 viewfinder nor reversible LCD though and hello to the 75mm framelines that don't bother us on the R-D1... You will miss the latter sometimes but you will gain the best rangefinder ever made with a quieter shutter and you can use faster wides without spending little fortunes at last. I would not sell the R-D1 though. Still the only digital rangefinder one can shoot both eyes open. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 23, 2015 Share #6 Posted November 23, 2015 Because the M 262 will resurrect the mystique of owning a Leica. That's what you were looking for, right? Cross bridge, move along, nothing to see here... Rick 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted November 23, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) No intentions of selling the RD1 I enjoy the gritty b&w images that are created Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted November 23, 2015 yep crossed that bridge failed to notice you Rick never realised you were there Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 23, 2015 Share #9 Posted November 23, 2015 You must have been blinded by the mystique of my Leica as I crossed. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) I guess I remember you the one that coudn't resist and had to make a personal attack as stated before sigh Edited November 23, 2015 by Imants Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted November 23, 2015 Share #11 Posted November 23, 2015 Is a personal attack worse than an attack on everyone in the forum? Or an imagined subset of everyone in the forum? Sighing won't make you right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted November 23, 2015 No attack on who is here my post is about the camera and where it is today, how it will be perceived and why Leica seems to be diluting the leica image . The camera has a mythical image that has been carefullu cultivated by leica and its followers. In this section of the forum people write about the cameras their quirks problems comparisons to other manidfacturers etc not about photographs. Maybe you should read more carefully but that is your choice how you perceive it all The sigh is in response to the sigh from another poster. Maybe you missed this part Buying a Leica M ( 262) reasonsBecause of the camera not the images that can be produced other 1) My old Epson Rd1 is on its last legs Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted November 23, 2015 Share #13 Posted November 23, 2015 Because of the camera not the images that can be produced other 1) My old Epson Rd1 is on its last legs Two great reasons Enjoy and tell us your first thoughts when you have it I am very intrigued regarding the quieter shutter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrödinger's cat Posted November 23, 2015 Share #14 Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) I am very intrigued regarding the quieter shutter As am I. I think it possible this might turn out to be the best part of the 262. (reduced cost notwithstanding. ) The other differences are largely about removing something that some find annoying. The shutter deal would be about adding something that I suppose everyone would be pleased about. edit: On reflection, maybe I should think further about the quieter shutter. At my age I'm deaf as a post and might need the louder shutter noise to tell me I have made a photograph. Edited November 23, 2015 by Schrödinger's cat Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted November 23, 2015 Share #15 Posted November 23, 2015 ...why Leica seems to be diluting the leica image ... I think your basic premise is flawed. People are about "image." Leica is a business. Businesses are about income and profit. Leica has done well getting people to buy into an image of them and their products, but corporate Leica saw market potential and has moved to fill it, replacing the M-E with the M Typ 262. I don't think it's anything more or less than that. And the best reason to buy any camera is for the images you can make with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted November 23, 2015 Share #16 Posted November 23, 2015 As am I. I think it possible this might turn out to be the best part of the 262. (reduced cost notwithstanding. ) The other differences are largely about removing something that some find annoying. The shutter deal would be about adding something that I suppose everyone would be pleased about. edit: On reflection, maybe I should think further about the quieter shutter. At my age I'm deaf as a post and might need the louder shutter noise to tell me I have made a photograph. I wish they had removed the LED-lit frame lines and gone back to the ingeniously simple, no-moving parts, nothing-to-burnout, non-power-consuming, present-even-in-sleep-mode system that worked fine. That would have been a differentiating feature which would have made me pause to consider switching from my M240s. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Lowe Posted November 23, 2015 Share #17 Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) OP, might I interest you in an ST Dupont lighter? Edited November 23, 2015 by Joshua Lowe Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted November 24, 2015 no interest in a surgical operation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 24, 2015 Share #19 Posted November 24, 2015 bocaburger, on 24 Nov 2015 - 00:28, said:bocaburger, on 24 Nov 2015 - 00:28, said:I wish they had removed the LED-lit frame lines and gone back to the ingeniously simple, no-moving parts, nothing-to-burnout, non-power-consuming, present-even-in-sleep-mode system that worked fine. That would have been a differentiating feature which would have made me pause to consider switching from my M240s. The parts and system are similar- and the framelines/patch move the same way. The only difference is the illumination by a LED instead of by a window. Leds are not really power consuming and rarely burn out. I must confess I rather like the new framelines, I have set them to red to match the display and in that colour they are not overly bright. YMMV. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted November 24, 2015 Share #20 Posted November 24, 2015 I think I'll probably get this camera. However without being a party pooper I would have liked live view, simply as it's the best way to test new/old lenses for being set with the rangefinder correctly, and of course periodic checks of the internal rangefinder generally 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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