dant Posted September 3, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 3, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) On the rumor mill they talked about a new digital Leica with no screen. Why would it appeal to you? Screen is a wonderful tool compared to how we had to do it in the old film days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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swamiji Posted September 3, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 3, 2014 A screen is an unnecessary distraction from the subject. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted September 3, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 3, 2014 A screen is an unnecessary distraction from the subject. Yeah, especially considering the superb and always spot-on metering of the M240 in Classic mode, especially during night time or dusk Why would anyone need a screen indeed! (heavy on the irony here). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted September 3, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 3, 2014 Yeah, especially considering the superb and always spot-on metering of the M240 in Classic mode, especially during night time or dusk Why would anyone need a screen indeed! (heavy on the irony here). A meter? You can always use the best meter ever made, the human eye... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted September 3, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 3, 2014 I never use the screen except for menus, and for the most part I set them once to my preference and forget them except ISO, and even that I only rarely change from native. All my older wide angle lenses are DIY coded so I have no need for the manual lens setting menu. If the camera had an ISO dial, and all the other settings were accessible via some sort of tether (preferably bluetooth to a smartphone app), I could live happily without the screen. But then again I can live just as happily with the screen and ignore it. The flap of my case covers it from sight as a matter of fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordonPhotography Posted September 3, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 3, 2014 I love my screen. I'm not afraid to say I use it regularly. I would not buy a digital camera without one. That's not to say I can't see why others might like a screenless camera and if the market is there, why not? I remember some of the internet chatter around a black and white only camera. Who in their right mind would buy one of those?? Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted September 3, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 3, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) A meter? You can always use the best meter ever made, the human eye... True, if you want to. Back when I used 400 speed film mostly for everything that was very easy and straight forward. Today with the possibility of changing ISO on the fly however, it just takes a little too much time to adjust everything to capture the moment that lasts for 1-2 seconds at tops. A display won't help you in such a scenario, of course, but at least you can verify if the exposure was decent or not, and if not, if you should try to re-take it with more optimal settings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted September 3, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 3, 2014 Remember the OP was about why one would not want to have a screen, not why one would. I can surmise that the OP, already knows that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einst_Stein Posted September 3, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 3, 2014 A lot M users tape the screen to pretend a cheapo film camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted September 3, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 3, 2014 Most of my Leicas do not have screens - so for consistency? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannybuoy Posted September 3, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 3, 2014 They would want a Leica without a screen so once and for all they could finally prove to anyone, willing to listen, that they never ever need to 'chimp' because they are so precise that every photo they capture will be perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted September 3, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 3, 2014 On the rumor mill they talked about a new digital Leica with no screen. Why would it appeal to you? Screen is a wonderful tool compared to how we had to do it in the old film days. It wouldn't appeal to me. I wouldn't mind it if you could turn it inside out to protect the LCD when being transported like you can with my Sony A99 … but that'd probably add to much thickness to the camera which is already getting a bit chubby. - Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted September 3, 2014 Share #13 Posted September 3, 2014 There's already a multi-page thread about this here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m-type-240/343577-rumor-leica-announce-digital-rangefinder-without.html It all seems a bit daft to me really, but I suppose it does no one any harm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
agfa100 Posted September 3, 2014 Share #14 Posted September 3, 2014 Yes, but the only issue will be Leica will charge MORE for the camera without the screen as it will be make in small numbers and be exclusive. I always like to pay more for less it really makes me a 1% er....... wbill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam.Yeung Posted September 4, 2014 Share #15 Posted September 4, 2014 It would be better If the camera can be thinner. Of course, I hope the price tag can be lower. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted September 4, 2014 Share #16 Posted September 4, 2014 A screen is an unnecessary distraction from the subject. It's a good thing that the screen is generally used after the image is made, at some point when attention to the subject is no longer desired. And the preview can be turned off, so that it's no more a distraction than anything else in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted September 4, 2014 Share #17 Posted September 4, 2014 I'd love to go that old school and not have the screen. Unfortunately for me, it's just not practical. Or maybe it's a drug I hold onto. I did fine in film without a screen but that seemed more flexible for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Verrips Posted September 4, 2014 Share #18 Posted September 4, 2014 Indeed it is a unnecessary distraction (for me). But a screen can be easy sometimes and that could be solved with the possibility to use an external screen (ipad) for the few times needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted September 4, 2014 Share #19 Posted September 4, 2014 I'd love to go that old school and not have the screen. Unfortunately for me, it's just not practical. Or maybe it's a drug I hold onto. I did fine in film without a screen but that seemed more flexible for some reason. Film does have more latitude for exposure than digital, but is becoming less and less true as sensors are getting better. A Monochrom using the newer M240 type sensor might just do it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted September 4, 2014 Share #20 Posted September 4, 2014 They would want a Leica without a screen so once and for all they could finally prove to anyone, willing to listen, that they never ever need to 'chimp' because they are so precise that every photo they capture will be perfect. I would buy a screen-less M Monochrom in an instant. It would be more compact (and if only missing the LCD screen bezel and accompanying control cluster). It would finally have a proper ISO dial as film M bodies with meters do. It would finally bring back a proper battery meter/ frame counter where it would be useful. It would not tease to distract myself with fiddling with the camera. It would do away entirely with the terrible mess, digital camera menus are. It would do away with the unneeded bulk of functions and choices I never once used. A LCD-less monochrome digital Leica M was what I really wanted from the moment I had my first digital M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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