M10 First picts and Impressions - Bucharest

[Malabito]

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So I finally managed to get an m10, (sadly had to sell my Q). Some time ago i was an m240 and sold the camera to upgrade mainly due to high iso and sluggish operation.

The m10 seems to solve those issues, high iso is quite incredible for a Leica much better than the Q, no banding in the files, and they seem to retain the colors much better than the Q, also speed of operation is much faster than the m240 and even the Q, no buffer issues, (even thou the Q shoots faster fps, the buffer is a big issue).

I only used the camera for  weekend so i am still trying to get used to it. Things i miss are the battery lifetime compared to the m240 which seemed to be infinite   and it seems the m10 tends to clip highlights as with the Q so you really need to expose for the highlights and raise shadows in post. The camera feels great, speedy and no lag at all. Another issue is the on off switch somehow i am confuse with it, dont ask me why.... Some images below, shot with the 35mm summilux preasph.

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20181020-L1000311 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181021-L1000746 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181020-L1000457 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181020-L1000543 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181021-L1000631 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181020-L1000408 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181021-L1000655 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

20181020-L1000313 by Alejandro Ilukewitsch, on Flickr

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by Malabito

[Malabito]

Forgot to add that even thou the new viewfinder is great for 50mm, for 35mm and 28mm feels a bit tight since i use glasses

[elmars]

Well done!

[stuny]

A lovely set. 

[Guest Nowhereman]

11 hours ago, Malabito said:

...and it seems the m10 tends to clip highlights as with the Q so you really need to expose for the highlights and raise shadows in post...

Not just "seems" — it simply clips highlights more easily than the M9 and M10. This is particularly a problem whenever you're not shooting in even light of little contrast: that is to say, whenever you're shooting into the light or have relatively strong sidelight, the M10 either blows highlights when you don't underexpose more than you would with these other cameras, or it renders highlights in an exaggerated, much lighter tone, so that processing becomes more difficult than it would be if the camera rendered a lower-contrast image. Also, I find it unpredictable the degree to which highlights are lightened. I assume that Leica could fix this in the firmware.
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[Malabito]

5 hours ago, Nowhereman said:

Not just "seems" — it simply clips highlights more easily than the M9 and M10. This is particularly a problem whenever you're not shooting in even light of little contrast: that is to say, whenever you're shooting into the light or have relatively strong sidelight, the M10 either blows highlights when you don't underexpose more than you would with these other cameras, or it renders highlights in an exaggerated, much lighter tone, so that processing becomes more difficult than it would be if the camera rendered a lower-contrast image. Also, I find it unpredictable the degree to which highlights are lightened. I assume that Leica could fix this in the firmware.
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True, those were precisely my impressions. Hopefully i will learn to deal with it in processing. The Q was very similar. Good thing is that the m10 has very good shadow recovery compared to other leicas

[RayD28]

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I especially enjoy #7.