chanyr Posted April 30, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anyone heard anything more about the Leica R9's successor? It would be really nice to see a DSLR from Leica. The M9 and S2 can't do everything. For example, wildlife photography. I'm really looking forward to a modern AF Leica DSLR solution. It would be great even if it used an off the shelf APS-C sensor like the one from the X1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sandro Posted April 30, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 30, 2010 According to Leica they will not continue the R-line, which means they stop developing a full-format DSLR. Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted April 30, 2010 Share #3 Posted April 30, 2010 Has anyone heard anything more about the Leica R9's successor? Other than that there won’t be one, you mean? The R system as we knew it was pronounced dead in March 2009 and the acknowledgement that the previously (as of photokina 2008) promised R10 wouldn’t happen followed shortly thereafter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanyr Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted April 30, 2010 I'm hoping for a future DSLR from Leica. Perhaps one that isnt compatible with the R-mount or 4/3rds mount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted April 30, 2010 Share #5 Posted April 30, 2010 I'm hoping for a future DSLR from Leica. Perhaps one that isnt compatible with the R-mount or 4/3rds mount. Well, there’s the S2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitom Posted April 30, 2010 Share #6 Posted April 30, 2010 I'm hoping for a future DSLR from Leica. Perhaps one that isnt compatible with the R-mount or 4/3rds mount. Although "hope will die last", I think there will be no R10 or any other consumer-DSLR from Leica any more. After the discontinuing of the R-series they told about an "adequate solution" so that R-lenses could be continued to be used with a Leica body. Maybe a prototype will be shown on the Photokina 2010. Maybe! It could be a full format camera with very high resolution electronic viewfinder and of course - no mirror. You may imaging how it may look like when you take a look at the Samsung NX10 or Panasonic G or GF only with full format so you get no crop factor from the sensor. But that "solution" should be not only compatible with the old R-Lenses; they sure need a new line of lenses for that new system to be attractive for new buyers. That is the point. A little company like Leica has at the moment 3 lines built up from the ground here in Germany: S2, M9 and X1. Capacities are difficult to grow at the moment, and such a new line bears the problem that it will maybe neither attract the mostly very conservative R-users nor the new users which compare that (sure high priced) system with the other non-mirror-camera systems on the market which are able to adapt R-lenses already! So we have to wait until the Photokina 2010. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 30, 2010 Share #7 Posted April 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) ... The M9 and S2can't do everything. For example, wildlife photography. ... There are a few world-class wildlife photographers such as Doug Herr on this forum who might disagree with you ... Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 30, 2010 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2010 Panasonic has shown the way with auto brightening of electronic viewfinders. This way the camera can use a large variety of lenses with or w/o adapters. One can use the new Panny 20/1.7 as well as the 30 y/o Summicron-C 40/2 on the G1. Now just replace the 4/3 by a larger sensor, add some microlenses to fit M lenses better, use an excellent EVF like the latest Oly's and you get the next Leica or PanaLeica body. Won't never be as good as the M3 or the Leicaflex i presume but it will replace them both, the future is here IMHO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaron Posted May 1, 2010 Share #9 Posted May 1, 2010 It's called the S2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitom Posted May 1, 2010 Share #10 Posted May 1, 2010 It's called the S2. Definitely not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted May 1, 2010 Share #11 Posted May 1, 2010 There are a few world-class wildlife photographers such as Doug Herr on this forum who might disagree with you ... Pete. Until there is a long lens available for the S system I can't evaluate it's suitability for wildlife photos, and the M system at present can't use any modern long lenses so it's probably not the best solution. A full-frame camera at least as responsive as the R8 with image quality at least as good as the DMR and using a lens at least as good as the 280mm f/4 APO would get my attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted May 1, 2010 Share #12 Posted May 1, 2010 Could somebody tell me, why the M9 would not be suitable for wildlife photography? Especially for long lenses the lcd-screen is very useful in my opinion. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 1, 2010 Share #13 Posted May 1, 2010 Could somebody tell me, why the M9 would not be suitable for wildlife photography?Especially for long lenses the lcd-screen is very useful in my opinion. Jan There are not long lenses in the M9 line... all the (fine) telephoto shots one can see here have been taken with old stuff (Visoflex and Telyts 200 to 560), which Leica lovers like a lot, but is a system that was abandoned about 25 years ago... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted May 1, 2010 Share #14 Posted May 1, 2010 I would like to see a Visoflex IV that allows use of R lenses at infinity on M9.2/M9.R (?) bodies. I know there is not enough space to do this with a mechanical mirror for viewing, but some electro-optic combination might be possible. The diaphragm would have to actuated and the cam read for the exposure meter. This is my dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSBB6 Posted May 1, 2010 Share #15 Posted May 1, 2010 I would like to see a DMR II with FF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted May 1, 2010 Share #16 Posted May 1, 2010 Boys, the M9 has a built-in Visoflex! The problem is the missing link. Of course one does not have an auto-diaphragm. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallo Posted May 1, 2010 Share #17 Posted May 1, 2010 I would like to see a DMR II with FF. That's true. Why to build a new body when they have the wonderful r8 and r9 to use as a base? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 1, 2010 Share #18 Posted May 1, 2010 Until there is a long lens available for the S system I can't evaluate it's suitability for wildlife photos, and the M system at present can't use any modern long lenses so it's probably not the best solution. A full-frame camera at least as responsive as the R8 with image quality at least as good as the DMR and using a lens at least as good as the 280mm f/4 APO would get my attention.I have my doubts there, Doug. I have used a 645 system ( Mamiya) for wildlife in Africa, and I found the 500, even more so with the 2x extender, a bit too much of a handful for serious wildlife work, let alone birds. I doubt the S2 would be much different in that respect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flappo Posted May 2, 2010 Share #19 Posted May 2, 2010 i don't understand why the s2 is over £20k body only and the m9 is only £5k the m9 is actually pretty good value for money considering it's built like a tank etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 2, 2010 Share #20 Posted May 2, 2010 i don't understand why the s2 is over £20k body only and the m9 is only £5k the m9 is actually pretty good value for money considering it's built like a tank etc Are you the 6th Marx Brother? :rolleyes: Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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