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New M at PhotoPlus Expo 2015?


Rick

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I won't wait that long. Will get A7R II in early August. :-)

 

Just another oversized (camera and lens) 11-bit toy with limited lens selection.  Elegance is not found in toy Sony mirrorless systems.  Why are you still here? Just to troll us?

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How about a full frame Fovean sensor? Then people could complain about how its resolution is beyond Leica's lenses.

You do know about well depth and incidence angles, don't you? ;)

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I would imagine there will be an updated M on offer later in the year.

 

Some time ago I made a short list of the features I'd like to see upgraded.

 

(1) An improved and higher megapixel sensor.

(2) A much higher resolution external EVF.

(3) Scrollable magnified liveview.

 

If the new M has all of these upgrades I'll buy, but if any one (or more) is missing I'll pass.

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If the new model were to be the size and weight of a film M (other than the M5) I would be interested.  If, further, it dispensed with the LED frame lines that would add to my interest.  Otherwise I really can't find a single thing about the M240 I wish were different or improved. 

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If the new model were to be the size and weight of a film M (other than the M5) I would be interested.  If, further, it dispensed with the LED frame lines that would add to my interest.  Otherwise I really can't find a single thing about the M240 I wish were different or improved. 

Does anyone think the next M will still be 24MP, but come with the Q sensor?

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Does anyone think the next M will still be 24MP, but come with the Q sensor?

 

I would expect so because the Q sensor seems to give cleaner, even more saturated images. Power consumption is supposedly lower too.

 

I am basing my comment on the few images posted on line wherein the Q lens corrections have been turned off, and the qualities other than spatial distortion appear just as high as the Q files I get in ACR.

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Does anyone think the next M will still be 24MP, but come with the Q sensor?

 

Interesting question. The Q is optimised for the 28mm fixed lense, whereas the CMOSIS sensor was designed to take wides. I don't expect the next M to have more that 24MP - the new S(007) still has "only" 37; why would the M camera need the same MP as the medium format camera?

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Interesting question. The Q is optimised for the 28mm fixed lense, whereas the CMOSIS sensor was designed to take wides. I don't expect the next M to have more that 24MP - the new S(007) still has "only" 37; why would the M camera need the same MP as the medium format camera?

Leica commissioned the M sensor maybe five years ago, introduced it three years ago.  I think it doubtful that they would introduce something radically different now, my guess is that they will concentrate on the peripherals this iteration.

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