thighslapper Posted September 30, 2016 Share #161 Posted September 30, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Getting a Fuji medium format early next year. My M is awesome, but it's time for something new. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Well done. It's people like you that keep the camera industry afloat. The is a world of difference between 'want' and 'need' The fact this forum exists at all is testament to the former ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeff S Posted September 30, 2016 Share #162 Posted September 30, 2016 I'll also do my share to keep the industry afloat by buying something I want next year, but I'll test each system I'm considering before committing. There's 'want' versus 'need', but also 'spontaneous' versus 'analytical'. Different strokes, which helps keep the forum conversation lively. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted October 1, 2016 Share #163 Posted October 1, 2016 If there is no new M then the current M is a digital camera for life. Isn't that what many people want? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted October 1, 2016 Share #164 Posted October 1, 2016 If there is no new M then the current M is a digital camera for life. Isn't that what many people want? Maybe in the film days....now I'd like to live longer than any of my digital cameras. It'll be nice if the battery types and computer storage/recovery methods last as long as the camera. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted October 1, 2016 Share #165 Posted October 1, 2016 Maybe in the film days....now I'd like to live longer than any of my digital cameras. It'll be nice if the battery types and computer storage/recovery methods last as long as the camera. Jeff I guess you will have after market batteries available for a long time. Maybe there will be innovation like same casing (as M battery) with replaceable innards. SD cards are used in so many gadgets to become obsolete in few years and card reader will be there for different connection type (USB or something else). Yes, "for life" won't mean next 40 years for sure but more than decade (or more) will be acceptable to me. Even film cameras are dependent on film availability and processing chemicals production. Not very different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebf Posted October 1, 2016 Share #166 Posted October 1, 2016 hmm what's on our shopping list ... My eyes are on a new pocket spring/memory foam hybrid mattress ... I got that already - highly recommended ... you see, every mattress manufacturer has a _sane_ release schedule Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebf Posted October 1, 2016 Share #167 Posted October 1, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well done. It's people like you that keep the camera industry afloat. The is a world of difference between 'want' and 'need' The fact this forum exists at all is testament to the former ..... Agreed! On that note, Leica *needs* better products. But I don't think Leica *wants* to build them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle123 Posted October 1, 2016 Share #168 Posted October 1, 2016 For me, my only "needs" is more time and energy and subject matter to use the cameras and lenses I own. My "wants" currently are to go to medium format which I never fully had enough time for in the film days and the new more stealth size versions coming seem more practical, which is why haven't even considered going for it until now. Now if Leica does come up with a new M, or Q, or T or..... Then I decide if the improvements justify putting them in the "want" department. But I don't complain beforehand about not having those improvements. Makes no difference to my work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted October 1, 2016 Share #169 Posted October 1, 2016 Lets be honest, want is what keeps the industry going ... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M28 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share #170 Posted October 5, 2016 Now I am not sure what date to look forward to. Is it this year, next year? Perhaps Leica has decided that the SL needs to get some more sales time because that camera definitely cannibalises M sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted October 5, 2016 Share #171 Posted October 5, 2016 Now I am not sure what date to look forward to. Is it this year, next year? Perhaps Leica has decided that the SL needs to get some more sales time because that camera definitely cannibalises M sales. I am so anxious to hear how many SL are sold in comparisson with the M240/246/262 but Leica is not very on statistics lately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Zanni Posted October 5, 2016 Share #172 Posted October 5, 2016 I just want my 246s not to behave randomly and not to produce bandings or pitch black blobs on long exposures on certain days. Geez, my wife is much less moody than my cameras :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm_user Posted October 6, 2016 Share #173 Posted October 6, 2016 Still happy with my M6 and M8. Most of you would not be satisfied - but I do not find my gear to be a limitation to my creativity or final product quality. I will wait and see what the new M brings. I am certain I will want one. But it will be hard to justify spending money on a new camera as long as my current gear works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted October 6, 2016 Share #174 Posted October 6, 2016 Now I am not sure what date to look forward to. Is it this year, next year? Perhaps Leica has decided that the SL needs to get some more sales time because that camera definitely cannibalises M sales. I disagree with this but since we have no stats it's all speculation I have an AF kit and an M kit They are so different there is no comparison I always pick up the M kit if I can In any event the SL is a much heavier system If I was a wedding photographer the SL would be my professional choice. If I was a studio photographer for the glossies I would use MF For all else it's M (except for the occasional time it has to be pocketable and then it's RX100 time) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted October 6, 2016 Share #175 Posted October 6, 2016 Still happy with my M6 and M8. Most of you would not be satisfied - but I do not find my gear to be a limitation to my creativity or final product quality. I will wait and see what the new M brings. I am certain I will want one. But it will be hard to justify spending money on a new camera as long as my current gear works. You're so right. I'm looking at a black and white 60*40 photo of an M8 every day in my room and it still amazes me, how good the quality is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M28 Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share #176 Posted October 14, 2016 So has anybody got any idea about the new M and when it will arrive. This wait is getting boring, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted October 14, 2016 Share #177 Posted October 14, 2016 almost as boring as threads on the topic...............ZZZZZZZZZZZZ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted October 14, 2016 Share #178 Posted October 14, 2016 So has anybody got any idea about the new M and when it will arrive. This wait is getting boring, My new M 262 arrived yesterday. Great camera. What exactly are we waiting for again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh7 Posted October 15, 2016 Share #179 Posted October 15, 2016 One simple thing and Leica would sell many many cameras: get the 240 package in the M6 footprint. Otherwise my M9 is fine......except for that damn whirr....how do you stop that again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted October 15, 2016 Share #180 Posted October 15, 2016 Looking at Leica’s approach at “getting back to basics” by eliminating features, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a pared down MM246 before we see the next M generation. No video, LV, or LCD, and 10,000 ISO. This future commando Monochrom might be tempting, but my MM246 ("Otto") is going nowhere. So exactly what are we waiting for? I guess I am waiting for something that brings me back to color. With black and white, I wanted to simplify, but it's been surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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