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I am not sure I understand the comments on the "death of M". Can't you still buy a new flim M from Leica. What if M10 is the last digital M? What do M lovers fear?

 

  I am talking about digital M.

 

If four years of development brought us only slightly better OVF and 2 stops difference with M240, accomplished with ISO dial, than M is not priority for Leica. For me its clear.

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... But M10 states clearly the dusk of the rangefinder technology.

Why ? What "revolution" were you expecting ? The wheel has had no major revolutionary upgrades for quite a while, but it's still used every day.

To me, a very happy M9 user, the M10 look is very tempting and I will certainly be taking a good look & test of one in the near future.

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  I am talking about digital M.

 

If four years of development brought us only slightly better OVF and 2 stops difference with M240, accomplished with ISO dial, than M is not priority for Leica. For me its clear.

How does it affect you? If M10 is suitable for your purpose and if they keep manufacturing it (means repairs are possible), then why do you care?

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Why ? What "revolution" were you expecting ? The wheel has had no major revolutionary upgrades for quite a while, but it's still used every day.

To me, a very happy M9 user, the M10 look is very tempting and I will certainly be taking a good look & test of one in the near future.

 

 

 

From M9 it will be great step - its 8 years difference. 

 

I don't get  blah blah blah. I have my opinion - you have yours.  

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How does it affect you? If M10 is suitable for your purpose and if they keep manufacturing it (means repairs are possible), then why do you care?

Its affects me directly as M lens owner at least. I don't want to switch on SL or any other camera. 

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Its affects me directly as M lens owner at least. I don't want to switch on SL or any other camera. 

Why do you have to switch? Why can't you keep using your M10, 10 years from now (with Leica servicing it)? I still use my Canon 40D bought in 2007 and it produces gorgeous 10mega pixel pictures.

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From Jono's review... There is no aperture info in the exif data. Don't know why?

I don't know why they ever added it. It could never be exact, since there is no link between the aperture in a lens for an M and the camera's electronic. What you read in the exif was just guessing. 

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What can USB tethering do (for manual M) that WiFi tethering can't? I am seriously asking since I never used tethering,

 

USB control is immediate. Very many of us who have used WiFi are disappointed with delay.

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I don't know why they ever added it. It could never be exact, since there is no link between the aperture in a lens for an M and the camera's electronic. What you read in the exif was just guessing. 

Yes, it was not exact, however in normal light conditions it was close. I found it useful while shooting test pictures. I still tagged test pictures with exact aperture used but it was easier to do that by looking at the approximate exif info.

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From Jono's review... There is no aperture info in the exif data. Don't know why?

As the guesstimated f-stop has always been approximate anyway, Leica thinks it should not be stored as standard Exif data – like the M (Typ 240) did, but apparently that wasn’t intentional – but only as part of the proprietary Maker Notes.

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But with deepest  sad i see that its the Dead End of M system in nearest future.

 

M10 most probably the last M camera Leica developed to support current owners of M manual  focus lenses. We will see M10 version 2, 3 etc. but its the end anyway.   

 

M system is unbeatable  experience for art photography  and I enjoy rangefinder focusing more than any other  system camera. But M10 states clearly the dusk of the rangefinder technology.

 

Thats my personal conclusion, quite pity, but evident for me.

 

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You conclude M10 is the dead end of the M system

 

By the same token it could be considered the pinnacle

 

But Leica states it to be a milestone which would indicate a longer road

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