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Leica to Launch M10 before Photokina?


StephenPatterson

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Personally I find the M8 => M9 improvement marginal, so have never felt the urge to upgrade (if that is the right term). Given that the M9 is pretty much the state of the art I cannot really see how they can implement further improvements to justify forking out additional 6000 euro or so. Only if they would implement live view, video, 20.000 ISO, autofocus and few other similar things would they be able to position a different market, that most M-users are not interested in anyhow. So Leica has a problem - what can we improve on the M9 that would shake the boat?

 

It is a bit like MP & M7 - there is nothing much left to improve. Hammers, screwdrivers, electric drills are similarly at the end of the line.

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Perhaps a hybrid electro/optical VF allowing for inbuilt diopter correction and variable magnification. If it could be done without adding bulk and if its features could be user selectable to allow for de-cluttering if required.

 

Focus confirmation for tired eyes might be handy too...........

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Weathersealing would be an upgrade incentive for some users, and a click-on EVF would make the camera interesting for R lens owners.
Agree, doesn't change my point that further improvements or whatever will necessarily impact the current design/philosophy. I am not particularly pro or con, it is not a major issue for me. Some seem to take huge offence to even mentioning live view, video etc. which would be the consequence of implementing a click-on-able EVF. They all require a cmos sensor.
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Perhaps a hybrid electro/optical VF allowing for inbuilt diopter correction and variable magnification. If it could be done without adding bulk and if its features could be user selectable to allow for de-cluttering if required.

 

Focus confirmation for tired eyes might be handy too...........

 

None of us getting any younger!!!!

 

Stephen

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A CMOS sensor allows for live view and better high ISO behavior.

 

That is a jump large enough from the current state represented by the M9 camera.

 

A much better screen at the back would be necessary, and a great addition and complement to the viewfinder/rangefinder.

 

A slimmer body and a better digital interface would make the camera more sexy too.

 

All that considering a classical successor for the M9, of course, this is, a true rangefinder camera.

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I firmly believe that the Audi Design Group Titanium M9 is the prototypical body design for the M10 (less the Titanium)........a handsome design IMHO.

 

So what technical improvements could be incorporated?

 

Focus confirmation.

 

Higher (than the 6.8 micron M8/M9 sensor) resolution.

 

Faster frame rate/larger buffer.

 

Live view (if possible).

 

Higher resolution display.

 

These features would be enough to justify me moving up from my M8.

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I firmly believe that the Audi Design Group Titanium M9 is the prototypical body design for the M10 (less the Titanium)........a handsome design IMHO.

Yes, I've said that myself that the titanium M9 is the look for the M10. The design is modern yet classic too. So, when is photkina?

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firmly believe that the Audi Design Group Titanium M9 is the prototypical body design for the M10 (less the Titanium)........a handsome design IMHO.

 

I also hope not. I find that an ugly camera. I much prefer the style of the new fuji. M10 should be classic M or be called somehting else...

 

actually I hope the m10 does look like that: then no matter what features it has I won't want it.:rolleyes:

 

My prediction:

 

1) Leica and Fuji are working on a revolutionary new FF 'rangefinder' camera and new EVIL cameras... leica got together with Fuji when the x100 came out (slaying the X1)- have been working together since then. New camera in May will be the EVIL one... Fuji and Leica will then release their FF version/s at Photokina.

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I've been thinking about a EVF/live view camera too close to the classic M... the M-lenses has expensive rangefinder mechanics that would be redundant with an EVF camera, and lenses could be made with the same IQ at (much?) lower price for an all electronic camera.

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