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New Leica M 240 follow-up in 2017 : The speculations.


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I'm not too hopeful for a smaller M camera. To me the SL, the T and the Q are too big, and they killed the small X2 for the much bigger X113. Leica's idea of the ideal camera size isn't in sync with mine.

 

 

The T is quite small (and so beautiful!)... but the AF lenses of high quality standards are relatively large (and expensive).

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On the new wheel for ISO values... 

 

Look at the exposure time wheel in the film M camera... The new ISO wheel may be of similar size. It has plenty of room for many marks (200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400... ) and intermediate marks.

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Hasselblad is a medium format camera. The problems with high MP sensors handheld have to do with pixel size, not directly with pixel number.

A medium format sensor can hold a larger number of pixels as a 24x36 one for a given pixel size.

 

In general the larger the pixel (thus the lower the MP count) the better the image quality will be. So there is an optimum that balances resolution vs. acuity. At the moment that is someplace between 20 and 30 MP for a 24x36 sensor. Possible it will shift upwards in the future as sensor manufacturing technology progresses, maybe with the newest Panasonic technology which allows for larger pixel surfaces. Leica will always go for the optimum result, not for the highest possible resolution.

 

 

jaapv: Thanks for your insights. 

 

I'm not obsessed with high MP files. 24MP is adequate for any printing "I" do and much more than needed for most digital exchanges these days.  (Sometimes I do discover a severe crop that I'd like to have hold up.) 

 

Maybe I was channeling this kind of rumor.

 

http://photorumors.com/2016/11/07/cmosis-announced-the-industrys-first-global-shutter-48mp-cmos-full-frame-sensor-that-supports-8k-image-resolution-at-30-fps/

 

 

I probably wouldn't be one of the early adaptors for the M10 anyway, but if Leica is going to put out a new model four years on, it needs to be a step up to get the faithful to open their wallets. I repositioned ISO dial doesn't do it.

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Nothing is impossible, but :

CMOSIS:
 

The CMV50000 is a high speed CMOS image sensor with 7920 x 6004 effective pixels (47.5Mp) developed for machine vision and video applications.


Photorumors:

 

 

 

The CMV50000 is expected to replace high pixel-count charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors used in machine-vision cameras and high-end security cameras.

 

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Although the pics are noisy, I have made A4 size pics from iPhone 6 that are quite good. It just need good light. The dynamic range is lacking and highlights tend to blow out but the results are not bad. It actually depends on the subject. A high frequency picture (fine branches and leaves) is not suitable due to aggressive NR but a cityscape turns out good.

 

At the intro of the iphone 6 Apple thought they could go bigger even:

 

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As can be seen, these posters have a very low 'density', tonal range, colour depth. Tho the abundance of pixels can be enlarged and used artistically. . 

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The Epson R-D1 had a wheel in the same location the M10 will have one. 

 

The Epson's wheel was very elegant, without markings. 

 

I would like a solution that allows to hide the markings. 

 

The exposure time wheel of the Epson had a hidden wheel for ISOs with a small window. That is a good idea. 

 

Another wheel on top of a M camera with markings is functional but very inelegant. 

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[...] The Epson R-D1 had a wheel in the same location the M10 will have one. 

The Epson's wheel was very elegant, without markings. 

I would like a solution that allows to hide the markings. [...]

 

Hi Ruben, this wheel was a jog dial to navigate through menus and pictures actually but i prefer markings over chimping personally. The R-D1 had such markings on the shutter sped dial to change isos and exposure compensation as well. This way the R-D1 could be used with no LCD at all. Was and remains the only digital camera giving me the feeling to use film w/o being bothered by chemistry. And what a pleasure to use an 1:1 rangefinder... 

 

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Indeed - the RD1 was developed to use as many Bessa parts as possible for economy's sake <as were the Nikon D100 electronics>. The film rewind wheel had to be maintained in some form.

 The result was an evergreen nostalgia camera. :)

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Hi Ruben, this wheel was a jog dial to navigate through menus and pictures actually but i prefer markings over chimping personally. The R-D1 had such markings on the shutter sped dial to change isos and exposure compensation as well. This way the R-D1 could be used with no LCD at all. Was and remains the only digital camera giving me the feeling to use film w/o being bothered by chemistry. And what a pleasure to use an 1:1 rangefinder... 

 

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I agree, 100%

 

There are a few interesting ideas in the R-D1 design... and Leica should think a little on it... 

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At the intro of the iphone 6 Apple thought they could go bigger even:

 

 

As can be seen, these posters have a very low 'density', tonal range, colour depth. Tho the abundance of pixels can be enlarged and used artistically. . 

 

Large (unimpressive) prints... but you cannot inspect them closely. 

 

 

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I decided not to buy a new M in Mai 2017 . I buy a Nikon D5 instead. I really need the upgrade from my D3 and I think that's where I can find the high iso I sometimes need. No point waiting on a mirage IMO , when there is a sure thing in the vincinity.

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A new M model with EVF, smaller, lighter and at lower price, would be a success, and a product different to any other in the market, because of this:

 

http://j.mp/2hwrT0s

 

Indeed . . . I agree with almost all of this . . but it wouldn't be an M would it? 

Why not keep an M and have a different camera . . Why not call it a QL and supply it with a free TL to M mount adapter? That way you could also use it with TL and SL lenses at a pinch, use it as a back up to an SL or an M.

 

And have a new M which reflects the heritage and improves on the M240?

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Indeed . . . I agree with almost all of this . . but it wouldn't be an M would it? 

Why not keep an M and have a different camera . . Why not call it a QL and supply it with a free TL to M mount adapter? That way you could also use it with TL and SL lenses at a pinch, use it as a back up to an SL or an M.

 

And have a new M which reflects the heritage and improves on the M240?

 

 

This makes a lot of sense, but in what sort of way would you like or expect to see the new M improve on the M 240?

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This makes a lot of sense, but in what sort of way would you like or expect to see the new M improve on the M 240?

 

 

Well, in every sort of way - but in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary way - certainly not by changing it into a Sony A7 with an M mount! (nothing wrong with a Sony A7 with an M mount, but it wouldn't be an M)

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Indeed . . . I agree with almost all of this . . but it wouldn't be an M would it? 

Why not keep an M and have a different camera . . Why not call it a QL and supply it with a free TL to M mount adapter? That way you could also use it with TL and SL lenses at a pinch, use it as a back up to an SL or an M.

 

And have a new M which reflects the heritage and improves on the M240?buy and Sl

 

 

QL?  Wouldn't that just basically be an SL?

 

I just want a smaller improved version, "improved in every sort of way," of the M for my wonderful M lenses and I'll contently disappear for another 4 years.   :D

 

Rick

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