In anticipation of M10-R

[Chazphoto]

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Fellow M-snappers,

First of all, a big thank you to all those who have written on here regarding various aspects of the M10-R.  I have been reading voraciously for a few weeks and deeply appreciate the knowledge and enthusiasm available to anyone that wants to search.  

I'm moving on from two happy years with the M10-P to embrace the M10-R, as a special treat (and in pursuit of ever greater resolution of the dogs' coats!).  In no way have I found the M10-P lacking and I would recommend it heartily to all comers, but I fancied a change and am fortunate enough to be able to make that happen.  (Re the dogs, one of my very earliest posts here, was worrying about using the M9 to photograph dogs and I was rewarded with humour and great dog-shots.)

If anyone is interested, Leica Store Mayfair says they can no longer order stock and no other retailer could I find with new stock in hand, except Red Dot Cameras (who have the M10-R in silver chrome on sale at the moment - which nearly persuaded me over to the bright side).  There are a few ex-demo models around in the UK, if you hunt.  The M10-R can be ordered online, so Leica UK has them in stock - and can be delivered to a store for collection.  

There are a few threads with loose ends (excuse the pun) and if I find any answers from my use, I will post a response.  In particular, the discussion on C1 Pro versus LR Classic for processing (or Luminar, ON1 or others) seems to peter out without an updated conclusion.  In light of the reading, I played around in my old copy of LR5 and C1P12 the other evening comparing two M10-P images.  I was struck by how different the colour rendering is (of sky in particular) and the increased acuity in the C1P image, all at default settings and without understanding enough to know what profiles were used.   One of my plans/hopes, is to get better at processing using the M10-R as an incentive.

There really is no other place to share the delicious feeling of anticipation, as I wait for news of dispatch and receipt of the camera.

Cheers

 

Chazphoto

[Alberti]

I hope you’ll have a lot of fun with your M10-R.
Chaz, like you say:

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I was struck by how different the colour rendering is (of sky in particular) and the increased acuity in the C1P image, all at default settings and without understanding enough to know what profiles were used.  

I totally agree. 
I compared several pictures as developed in LR (LRc in my case even, latest) and compared the results from handling in C1 .

Acuity of the M10R is better in C1. Sure, LR is probably hampered with a dual technology engine of rendering (i t looks as if there a different engine in Library mode/better; compared to Develop mode/slow, and if you delay catalogue optimisation to more than a day, it is really out of synch with reality, and images look totally out of focus - I even deleted images that were sharp after all. C1 is sharper, and it is a true sharpness, shows the plane of focus. LR fumples in that.

Also I like the way C1 renders the M10R colours. 
<for the mods - this rant of mine should be in the postproductionforum> sorry.

[Chazphoto]

Hi Alberti,

Thank you.  I'm gearing up to take post-processing more seriously (although I say that periodically and nothing happens), so I may start a thread in the appropriate forum with the examples I mentioned.  Would be particularly interested in your views and the other folks on the forum.  My goal is not to spend time processing, but find a way to select, adjust and print as quickly as I can.  Too many photographs not seeing the light of day, otherwise.

In that regard, the extra resolution of the R will be helpful, because I do find myself cropping (even though I dislike that in principle - where do we get those "principles" from?!), but it is more the desire for an improved colour balance/fidelity and just the fun of being able to try a new sensor and use that as a spur to do more / do better photography.  

Regards

 

Chazphoto