iedei Posted January 22, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 22, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well "official" in the sense that Leica have endorsed these photos to put on their blog. as described by Leica on their official FB page: the blog will follow Jean Gaumy as he revisits Kyrgyzstan on a photographic journey with the new Leica M [type 240]. In episode 1, he spends a day in Bishkek, the capital BACK TO KYRGYZSTAN: A Photographic Journey With Jean Gaumy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Hi iedei, Take a look here new 'official' M240 pics up!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pragmatist Posted January 22, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 22, 2013 Wow, finally some photos to peruse and to be honest they do not look too bad either. Would like to know if these are shot as jpegs or raw and then converted. Would have been nice to see some black and white too. The "Leica look" seems to be there but gonna need to see a lot more photos before a decision is made. Much better than the Normandy cliff shots!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Branch Posted January 22, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 22, 2013 Well "official" in the sense that Leica have endorsed these photos to put on their blog. as described by Leica on their official FB page: he blog will follow Jean Gaumy as he revisits Kyrgyzstan on a photographic journey with the new Leica M [type 240]. In episode 1, he spends a day in Bishkek, the capital BACK TO KYRGYZSTAN: A Photographic Journey With Jean Gaumy The metadata says taken with an M9. But there is no camera number nor an image number as far as I can see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 22, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 22, 2013 The photographer in the video is carrying an M. It could well be that the metadata is not yet finalised in the firmware Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Gunst Lund Posted January 22, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 22, 2013 To me they look more like the colors from a Canon DSLR... some magenta skin cast... with the need of a sensor clean... I can't see any Leica Look... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 22, 2013 Share #6 Posted January 22, 2013 The first thing I see is clipping in the blue channel. If that is not a postprocessing thing the camera still needs some tweaking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted January 22, 2013 Share #7 Posted January 22, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) The 3rd (crowd in stand) and 4th (dancers in blue on stage) images appear to be from the M240, while the rest show M9. Maybe it's a test to see if we are paying attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 22, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 22, 2013 Does it actually say, anywhere, that this is anything other than just another in a series of Leica Blogs? Does it say anywhere that these are to be read as "Official M" shots? I can't see anything to that affect - however, I cannot play the sound where I am now, so there may be something on th evideo that I am missing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted January 22, 2013 Share #9 Posted January 22, 2013 Not that I can see Andy, though it sure looks like he's shooting with the M240 (with grip baseplate), and the shutter sounds just like the 240 too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share #10 Posted January 22, 2013 Does it actually say, anywhere, that this is anything other than just another in a series of Leica Blogs? Does it say anywhere that these are to be read as "Official M" shots? I can't see anything to that affect - however, I cannot play the sound where I am now, so there may be something on th evideo that I am missing. andy, i quoted the line that Leica gave on their FB page when they posted this link. They state it is the M240. https://www.facebook.com/LeicaCamera?fref=ts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted January 22, 2013 Share #11 Posted January 22, 2013 "The blog will follow Jean Gaumy as he revisits Kyrgyzstan on a photographic journey with the new Leica M. In episode 1, he spends a day in Bishkek, the capital" From the Leica Camera Facebook page, with the link to the blog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share #12 Posted January 22, 2013 "The blog will follow Jean Gaumy as he revisits Kyrgyzstan on a photographic journey with the new Leica M. In episode 1, he spends a day in Bishkek, the capital" From the Leica Camera Facebook page, with the link to the blog. it IS interesting the the Leica blog changed that sentence. If you see my original post, i cut and pasted it and now am noticing that the 'Typ 240' part is gone from their FB! hmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rondeb Posted January 22, 2013 Share #13 Posted January 22, 2013 Now I'm definitely planning on getting the M to join my MM, but it really does look a little Digilux 2 "brick-like" with the little extra width. Maybe I'm just seeing things..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted January 22, 2013 Share #14 Posted January 22, 2013 They probably didn't realize he was mixing M9 and M240 images when the original post was made on the Leica FB page. I asked about the M9 and M240 EXIF almost immediately after the blog went live but my question has yet to appear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightwrangler Posted January 22, 2013 Share #15 Posted January 22, 2013 The 3rd (crowd in stand) and 4th (dancers in blue on stage) images appear to be from the M240, while the rest show M9. Maybe it's a test to see if we are paying attention. Maybe it's just supposed to show the new Ms pictures blend in quite well with the M9 ones. BTW number 8 (the donkey-zebra) is new M as well, as are all the pictures from the "brides" below. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 22, 2013 Share #16 Posted January 22, 2013 I'm fairly sure the video shows him using both an M9 and M240. Wouldn't it be interesting to find that the video was shot with another M240? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted January 22, 2013 Share #17 Posted January 22, 2013 BTW number 8 (the donkey-zebra) is new M as well, as are all the pictures from the "brides" below. Mike Cheers, I think I was distracted trying to figure out what was supposed to be in focus on that one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightwrangler Posted January 22, 2013 Share #18 Posted January 22, 2013 Cheers, I think I was distracted trying to figure out what was supposed to be in focus on that one... I was more distracted by that poor animal All in all I would say the colors of the new M look like the ones I am used from my M9. ISO 800 looks pretty clear - if one can tell from a single JEPG-shot. Also the highlights seem to hold pretty well. Not overwhelming, but very promising. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted January 22, 2013 Share #19 Posted January 22, 2013 Well, if they are a mixed bag of M9 and M240, and we can only tell through careful checking of the exif data. Then that's a good thing surely. Interesting that Erik thinks they look Canon CMOS like if some are in fact Leica CCD in reality. There's a science to blind selection etc isn't there. Like the coke tests etc. You'll get different results completely if people think they know already what it is. Confirmation bias etc. Would be good to know if we can trust the exif. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted January 22, 2013 Share #20 Posted January 22, 2013 They probably didn't realize he was mixing M9 and M240 images when the original post was made on the Leica FB page. I asked about the M9 and M240 EXIF almost immediately after the blog went live but my question has yet to appear. The position of the dust and hairs on the sensor shows that there are two different camera bodies going on here. Maybe a bit of smoke and mirrors by Leica to "trick" you into critiquing the M9 files? Or "just" an oversight... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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