M10: A Vital Part

[mmradman]

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I'm not so sure. No one has said the M10 body will have stabilization, so I must assume it won't. Lenses of that physical size are a tad unbalanced on an M body, which makes hand-holding more problematic. That's especially true if using the rear LCD. So to get the most out of those lenses on an M10, some sort of camera support would be in order, in fact, mandatory with the rear LCD except for the olympic athletes among us Unless the M10 has a different and beefier baseplate attachment, cantilevering those lenses off the body's tripod bushing for any length of time is asking for trouble.

 

I really suspect that the prospect of doing macro and telephotography with the M10 thanks to live-view, sounds much better in theory than it is likely to pan out in actual practice.

 

Anyhow, my days of traveling with heavy, bulky SLR lenses is long gone, in fact I won't even take the 90 Summicron on a trip. And at home I have a very capable full-frame DSLR for macro and long-lens work.

 

Frankly the only use I can see where live-view and EVF could really become a major advantage to the M10 is if Leica were to come out with a compact zoom of at least the optical quality of the later R zooms. And inasmuch as I can predict with 100% accuracy I would never pay what they would ask for such an optic, I can't get overly excited about it.

 

Using heavier lenses in a stable manner shouldn't be a problem today, even digital age has mechanical solutions on offer.

 

To use Leica R lens on new M camera will require R->M adaptor and these can be fitted with built in or optional tripod foot - like Novoflex NEX adaptors.

 

There are also 3rd party accessories that are fitted to the lens like Burzinsky Arca-Swiss tripod collar for APO Elmarits 100 & 180mm, also zoom 80-200mm f4

 

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[lct]

Interesting thanks. I can't seem to find out a photo of this collar though. Would you have another link by chance?

[rosuna]

There may be next generation EVFs introduced at the Photokina - notably the one on Sony's A99 but -

 

Panasonic will present something new as well. Maybe the GH3, or another high end unit.

 

Resolution is not the only variable affecting image quality of EVFs. Latency or refresh rate is also key for IQ.

[mmradman]

Interesting thanks. I can't seem to find out a photo of this collar though. Would you have another link by chance?

 

Fist image shown attached to APO Elmarit 180mm #11273, very comfortable & easy access to aperture ring.

 

Also works with APO Macro Elmarit 100mm but access to aperture ring is somewhat awkward it is after all more compact lens than 180mm - see second image.

 

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[Keith (M)]

Gosh, this is an awfully long and involved discussion! Just for a bit of light relief, I took this morning an image in monochrome. I used something that has live-view, records in monochrome, has selectable and variable strength b&w filters built-in and the sensor is never exposed to dust. I've used a link as it was not taken with an MM...