jcraf Posted March 4, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 4, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I hear from a reliable source that Leica will announce a new M within the next week, the M-D, based on the M60. Essentially a (slimmed down?) M262 without a screen. I may of course be wrong, so feel free to shout me down. Especially those who bought M60 sets as investments. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Hi jcraf, Take a look here The Leica M-D thread - merged.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
John Ricard Posted March 4, 2016 Share #2 Posted March 4, 2016 According to Leica Rumors, there is a possibility that the camera will not have a rangefinder...and you know what that means. It's yet another opportunity for the people on this forum to tell us what the "M" stands for. it seems we don't go more than 10 days or so, with someone sharing that tired information. http://leicarumors.com/2016/03/04/the-new-leica-m-d-camera-will-it-have-a-rangefinder.aspx/#more-39689 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80_20 Posted March 4, 2016 Share #3 Posted March 4, 2016 What if M-D has to be read as M-Digital like M-A as M-Analogue - so we have to very reduced M-Models for both worlds? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 4, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 4, 2016 Discussion already ongoing... http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/252591-new-leica-m-in-september-2016-the-speculations/?p=3001512 Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maralatho Posted March 6, 2016 Share #5 Posted March 6, 2016 According to Leica Rumors, there is a possibility that the camera will not have a rangefinder...and you know what that means. It's yet another opportunity for the people on this forum to tell us what the "M" stands for. it seems we don't go more than 10 days or so, with someone sharing that tired information. http://leicarumors.com/2016/03/04/the-new-leica-m-d-camera-will-it-have-a-rangefinder.aspx/#more-39689 How grating for you. Your own stunning expertise notwithstanding, it's possible that there are still a few people in the world who don't yet know what the M stands for, and who might benefit from being told. Did you acquire this knowledge in the womb? Incidentally, yours is about the tenth example I've seen of this tired rumor being linked to today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted March 6, 2016 Share #6 Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) I may of course be wrong, so feel free to shout me down. Especially those who bought M60 sets as investments. The well known café dealer in London has/had a mint M60 set (not just the body) for £7200 last week so I'm not sure how much of an investment the M60 has been proving. The M-D sounds like an interesting prospect but, if the name is anything to go by, the rangefinderless (rather than LCD-less) rumour seems more appropriate. Like the old MD but presumably with built in EVF. Edited March 6, 2016 by wattsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted March 6, 2016 Share #7 Posted March 6, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is MD sensor and processor going to be based on M240 or is it going to be a brand new development? If new MD is fitted with built in EVF only big question is it going to be same grade as external EVF currently on M240/246 (which is coupled to camera processor and can't be upgraded) or is it going to be more advanced EVF like Q or SL requiring presumably compatible newer processor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted March 7, 2016 Share #8 Posted March 7, 2016 Mmradman, It appears that the camera has been registered as M-D Type 262. The 262 has no EVF. The 262 is a variant of the 240. Martin 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonathanP Posted March 7, 2016 Share #9 Posted March 7, 2016 We're just seeing the run-out models used to extend the life of an exiting product. Car manufacturers generally keep adding bits whereas Leica tends to: 1. create a "plus" build mid-cycle (adding sapphire screen etc) 2. start rolling out "minus" builds, now extended with the M240: remove the bayer array remove live view remove the LCD screen I expect we should see a special collectors edition soon where the sensor has also been removed. Designed for the purists, and the battery life will be great. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted March 7, 2016 Share #10 Posted March 7, 2016 M D = mojo defunct "...............long live the rangefinder. .........well maybe not Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted March 7, 2016 Share #11 Posted March 7, 2016 Déjà Vu ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT0227 Posted March 7, 2016 Share #12 Posted March 7, 2016 hmmm...I thought you would have gone with Mystique Done. M D = mojo defunct "...............long live the rangefinder. .........well maybe not Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted March 7, 2016 Share #13 Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) hmmm...I thought you would have gone with Mystique Done. hmn a Leica M C................mea culpa Edited March 7, 2016 by Imants Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted March 7, 2016 Share #14 Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) M - D == rangefinder deleted I do not mind admitting I see no pattern in Leicas feature-deleting M cameras. Enlighten me. . Edited March 7, 2016 by pico Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imants Posted March 7, 2016 Share #15 Posted March 7, 2016 I sdee a pattern trending towards EVF Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreasAM Posted March 7, 2016 Share #16 Posted March 7, 2016 M-D(igital) First iteration of the Opto Electronic Rangefinder(OERF)? Leica testing the waters with the OERF (see patent, discussed earlier), if operational, that would be something! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted March 7, 2016 Share #17 Posted March 7, 2016 I sdee a pattern trending towards EVF Do you often suffer from premonitions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share #18 Posted March 7, 2016 I'm sticking with idea that if the M-D is announced it will have no screen, but retain the rangefinder. That was my point about the M60 reference - i.e. Leica has done this already and it would be simple for them to produce a 'cooking' M60 (=M-D) in 'ordinary' materials, with the same M240 DNA. I recall a certain amount of clamour for such a model at the time of the M60 release ( and even before). Any M with an EVF and no RF (or hybrid finder) would surely be the next generation camera, with a new sensor etc: the M360 or whatever. But then again, I'm not placing any bets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted March 7, 2016 Share #19 Posted March 7, 2016 Well, as anyone can see, it does not have a display. Its name says as much: M minus D. It's a motorized film camera. You send it in each month or whenever the film is full. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted March 7, 2016 Share #20 Posted March 7, 2016 First MP, then MP, then M-P. SL to SL2, now back to SL (will there be SL2, too?). Now MD, then M-D. Will MA lead to M-A? Is it ME, or M-E? An M10, called M and and future M11 called M, too. How much more idiotic can this all become? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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