jneilt Posted February 6, 2012 Share #21 Posted February 6, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Interesting if logically flawed statement. If the beauty of an M is shooting at night, why wouldn't IS and better high ISO performance be ideal? And you've obviously never shot a night-scope -- it's trivial to use LEDs in a way that would preserve night vision in a way superior to the current bright line finder. I think when most people say LED framelines they mean parallax compensated, focus distance compensated framelines. I was not clear, and I apologize...my logic come from experience with canon's IS products and plenty of rifle optics as well as telescopes. IS works...IMO it's benefit is better at extreme ranges. Not street shooting at night at <50m. Very long focal lengths at far images...200mm +. I never understood IS in P&S cameras other than a gimmick. Now, give me a pair of 400mm binoculars, sure. led incorporation in a rangefinder is just silly at best. Maybe they will introduce this, and I will be hugely incorrect, but to me, it is a distraction and something that for night shooting would interfere with a rangefinders ability not to have to let the eye re-focus and re-dilate to become used to the brightness of the optic. Surely with your experience behind 'night-scope' optics with illuminated reticles you know less is much much more at night? And surely you understand your eye will focus naturally on the closest brightest plane?...and that is not what you should be focused on. I doubt we see finder changes outside maybe offering different mag levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Studio58 Posted February 6, 2012 Share #22 Posted February 6, 2012 * Yawn * Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted February 6, 2012 Share #23 Posted February 6, 2012 Don't worry ! There will never be a M10, M11, M12 etc. It has to do with numbers. Leica has come full circle now with M1, M2, M3 .... M9! It is not good from a model designation point of view to go higher than to one digit. Wouldn't it be strange to respond to the question - Which M-Leica do you use? I use the M17..... No M9 will be the last digital M with current design. Instead Leica will do what Canon did with EOS-1. Introduce 9.2, 9.3 etc.upgrades with better sensor, screen, ISO performande, buffer time etc. However, the "shell" designs will remain the same... This IMHO. Anyone with me? Pardon? There are plenty of camera models with 2,3 and 4 digit 'names'. I think you're confusing the development rate of the film models (we are up to the M7, which is pretty much as advanced as the film M model can get) with digital bodies, which the market demands are updated every couple of years. Or perhaps the 'M10' will become the Dm1...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted February 6, 2012 Share #24 Posted February 6, 2012 Thankfully Leica's cycle is not at the level of JVC and home cinema projectors, I bought my HD100 is 2008 and this has now been superseded by the HD750, HD950, X7, X70 and September will bring the next ! By the time they hit the shops you only have 6-9 months before it is last years model ! The problem is the progress is understandably less than the marketeers would have you believe and people have got very fed up with the depreciation, its common for people to wait for the coming model to pick up last years secondhand..... I will get a M9 to replace my M8, and be very happy when I do. If a 10 does come out it will be well over £6k, trust me (I expect nearer £8k) and I will live happily with a 9M-P for years to come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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