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I'm waiting with bated breath for a Christian Louboutin version with a red base plate.

I've read a couple of reviews online suggesting that the Voigt 50mm APO is 95% as good as the Leica for 15% of the cost. I've read a couple of other reviews suggesting that they are quite similar in many performance meetrics. Lloyd chambers seems to prefer the Voigt. I have owned the Leica 50 APO for a couple of years and think highly of it. I decided to pick up the Voigt 35mm APO and 50mm APO, mostly to decide whether to buy the Leica 35mm APO when I can get my hands on one. Based on my own test shooting at various distances at various apertures, I am incredibly impressed with the Voigt 50mm APO. I prefer the Voigt colors to the Leica APO - personal preference, but the colors seem a tad more natural to me. The flare resistance of the Voigt is substantially better. Color correction on the Voigt is detectably better. The Voigt is slightly easier for me to visually focus, for some reason (though my tests were live-view focused). Neither here not there, but the Voigt has a 4.3% wider field of view then the Leica. Now the suprise (to me): The Voigt is sharper wide open and at every aperture in the center than the Leica. I didn't test the edges or corners, but I'm impressed with the Voigt. It's not very much larger than the Leica, but it's bigger. I don't know whether I will get the Leica 35mm APO or not. I'm delighted with the Voigt 50mm, but the 35mm is a fair bit larger still, while I think the Leica is even smaller than the Leica 50 APO. Size matters to me for my Leicas, so I'll have to think about whether to buy. I may sell the 50mm Leica APO (since it's about the same size as the Voigt) and buy the Leica 35mm APO, since it's considerably smaller than the Voigt.

Those are nice, Artin. The most compelling I've seen. Thanks for sharing them.

I have tried it each way, but thanks for the suggestion. I prefer it set to “off” and then I chimp only occasionally.

Yes, I’m using a blisteringly fast card and most current firmware. As one poster noted above, I often just get the file name - no photo at all. It’s odd to me that the M10 Monochrom is instantaneous and does not have the same issue.

I love the Leica M10-R, but I’ve noticed one slight nuisance. When I try and chimp a photo quickly after taking it, the image isn’t processed fast enough to see it. It sometimes even shows the prior image and I have to advance to the one I just took. If that’s just a camera speed issue, I can live with it. It only happens if I check the image a half second later. My M10 Monochrom is fast enough that it does not exhibit this delay. Do others experience this with the M10R with latest firmware? I’d just like to know if there’s a setting I’ve got out of whack or whether it’s just too much info for the processor. Thanks.

I owned the M-9, M240 and M10. I would say there was a minor reason to keep the M9 with the M240, since the M240 was a bit flatter (less punchy) with slightly less appealing colors (to me). The M10 color pallet is virtually indistinguishable from the M9 and the punch is just right. For me, there is no longer a reason to have the M9. The M9 simply provides no advantage in any circumstances for me anymore. It was and is a brilliant camera, but the M10 provides the same look (to me) with better everything else.

Perhaps of interest to none, but I asked Leica whether base ISO was 100 or 200. They replied that base ISO was 100, but that I would be unlikely to see at difference at 200.

One more update: I again shot over 200 photos with 75% battery life remaining. It's certainly possible that the indicator is overly generous on the front-end and will decline more rapidly, but I honestly cannot tell a difference in battery life with versus the M240. That said, I anticipated the lower battery life and disabled auto review (which was enabled on the M240). Perhaps that alone was sufficient for me to "equalize" them for my use. Also, my two fast SD cards (A Sandisk 64GB and a Lexar 64GB 2000x) continue to be mostly, kindof reliable, while slower 32GB cards seem (almost) completely reliable. How's that for a ringing endorsement in 2017! I did notice that LR6 imported all my photos properly from the Lexar 2000x, while Aperture left 1-6 impages "unrecognizable format" - maybe Aperture's lack of support (Apple abandoned it years ago) is the problem. If so, and LR6 will always import the fiels reliably, it obviously isn't a camera issue. I'll keep you posted. Finally, I just noticed that the bottom 90mm frame line doesn't work right. I hadn't noticed it until I used a 28mm or 90mm lens, but the line is about 10-15% as bright as all of the other lines, regardless of lighting and viewing angle. That's probably something I will have them repair when it's convenient. If anyone knows of anything to try at home, that would be great. Thanks.

I have used the Lexar Professional 2000x SDHC/SDXC UHS-II 64GB and DO have problems with it. How preposterous.

Another pleasant surprise. I can't tell much, if any, difference in the number of shots I'm getting per battery. With no LV and no auto review (chimping maybe 1 out of ten photos), I'm on pace for almost 1,000 shots. One shot 325 shots and battery life is at 65%!

I've had the Leica M10 for a whopping 24 hours, but I wanted to share my initial impressions with my friends here. Background and biases: I loved the M9 and still regard it as one of my favorite all time cameras. I loved the IQ-to-size ratio, and the compromises bothered me little. The relatively low dynamic range resulted in uniquely punchy photos in both black and white, and in color. I thought the images were lovely through ISO 400, good at ISO 640 - 1250 and unusable thereafter (to my taste, of course). I liked the cooler tones, but maybe a little too cool. The M240 was heartbreakingly larger - I would never have imagined how annoying this would be to me. I never used video once. The warmer/greener tones were also quite annoying to me. I found myself white balancing every image, often endlessly. Just never quite right. Other than my color preference for the cooler tones of the M9, the IQ was still great. The files were more malleable, the dynamic range was much improved, and I thought the images were lovely to ISO 800, good at 1600 and usable (barely) at 3200. LV was useful. This was a more complete camera, but I used it much less than the M9, mostly due to size and lessened simplicity. The M10 so far is my favorite camera. I love the return to simplicity. I love the size. I feel like I did about the M9 when it came out - love at first snap. These files are malleable like other excellent, sensors (unlike the 240, which was good enough) - no need to grade the M10 on a curve any longer. The ISO performance and dynamic range are now comparable to my other highest-end sensors, lovely through 1600-3200 (I honestly have taken several photos at 3200 that I would put solidly in lovely), good at 3200-6400, and usable at ISO 10,000. The color fidelity at ISO 3200 is near-perfect and darn good at 6400. The body is now about the size of the M9. The viewfinder is brighter, and I think I could even use it to see the edges of a 24mm lens or close (by shifting my all to all extremes awkwardly, in a pinch). Suggested improvements: I would like half-stop detents for the ISO dial. Also, I have had a situation where my camera kept on releasing the shutter but not writing an image to my 64GB Sandisk Extreme for about 20 clicks, until I removed the batter and reinserted it. It's surprising that each new generation of these camera is still glitchy (with threads on which SD cards work best). With any other brand, I would return the camera, but I've become accustomed to Leicas just not working right with various cards - how absurd to afford them that easy grading.

For those who have used both the older Leica SF24D flash and the newer SF26D flash, how much smaller is the new one. The dimensions aren't listed consistently on the websites I've checked. I would like the smallest flash that works on the Leica M10 for travel, and I currently own the SF24D. It works fine for me. Is the SF26D smaller? Are their other, smaller flashes that work? Thank you.

Can anyone explain how to interpret the Siemens star, please? "The reproductions of the Siemens star pattern give a comparable impression. With this pattern the M10 performs quite well at ISO6400 and is still commendable at ISO25000. The final step, ISO50000, shows the limit, but also how effective the software does its job." - Erwin Putts article linked up front.

I love it. It looks sharp front to back as well. What settings did you use and where did you focus, if I may ask?