catacore Posted October 1 Share #2761 Posted October 1 Advertisement (gone after registration) These rumors might be quite accurate, in fact: https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/the-new-leica-m-v-is-coming-and-will-cost-7950e-in-europe/ https://leicarumors.com/2025/09/26/update-leica-q3-monochrom-on-october-16th-leica-m-ev1-on-october-23rd.aspx/ And also the specs from the leicarumors: https://leicarumors.com/2025/09/26/leica-m11-v-camera-with-electronic-viewfinder-updates.aspx/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lct Posted October 1 Share #2762 Posted October 1 Or quite inaccurate... M11-V, M-V, M EV1? OVF, no OVF? Nobody seems to know besides insiders for now. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
costa43 Posted October 2 Author Share #2763 Posted October 2 We will find out very soon. If I had to pick a name then M-V is my fave, short and clean. M-EV1 doesn’t have the same ring to it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted October 2 Share #2764 Posted October 2 If we‘ll see a new camera I am sure the international part of this forum will create its own name for it - and it will stick forever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted October 2 Share #2765 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, UliWer said: If we‘ll see a new camera I am sure the international part of this forum will create its own name for it - and it will stick forever. M-UD? (Ugly Duckling 😜) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted October 2 Share #2766 Posted October 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, UliWer said: If we‘ll see a new camera I am sure the international part of this forum will create its own name for it - and it will stick forever. I vote for MV1 then. M because of the M mount, V because of the built-in Visoflex, and 1 because it would be the first digital M sans RF the same way as the M1 was the first analog M sans RF. Edited October 2 by lct Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted October 2 Share #2767 Posted October 2 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, UliWer said: If we‘ll see a new camera I am sure the international part of this forum will create its own name for it - and it will stick forever. The suggestion of M-EV1 seems problematic, being rather close to the derogatory alternative for the mirrorless tag - EVIL ( Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted October 2 Share #2768 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, jaapv said: M-UD? (Ugly Duckling 😜) I don’t like the windowless blank face of the rumored cameras. One thing that makes the M so iconic is the viewfinder windows that give the impression that the camera is looking at you and the world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T25UFO Posted October 2 Share #2769 Posted October 2 Yes, I agree, but this won’t be an iconic camera. It will just be another mirrorless camera squeezed into a M body. I’m sure Leica has done its market research and I’d love to know what this tells them. I keep coming back to existing M users who need help with focusing. That really is a niche within a niche. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNK100 Posted October 2 Share #2770 Posted October 2 4 minutes ago, T25UFO said: Yes, I agree, but this won’t be an iconic camera. It will just be another mirrorless camera squeezed into a M body. I’m sure Leica has done its market research and I’d love to know what this tells them. I keep coming back to existing M users who need help with focusing. That really is a niche within a niche. I agree with this. For those needing help with focussing,the Visoflex is already the solution in my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smogg Posted October 2 Share #2771 Posted October 2 3 hours ago, jaapv said: M-UD? (Ugly Duckling 😜) I would call it M11.0, thus emphasizing the digital nature of the camera, while still mentioning its ancestor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smogg Posted October 2 Share #2772 Posted October 2 But in reality, the community needs such a camera for spiritual cleansing. It will help separate the devout believers from the heretics who mostly use the Leica M with an external electronic viewfinder🤣 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted October 2 Share #2773 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, T25UFO said: It will just be another mirrorless camera squeezed into a M body. A succinct summary. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrot Posted October 2 Share #2774 Posted October 2 If it’s based on the M11 I’d guess M11-V. If it’s an early version of the M12, then M12-V. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raizans Posted October 2 Share #2775 Posted October 2 (edited) 95% of the photos in the photo threads don’t take advantage of the unique capabilities of rangefinder focusing and reverse Galilean viewfinders. Also, Leica owners skew older. Fast, candid, reportage style photography is a young person’s game. We’re just trying to recapture youth. Edited October 2 by raizans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted October 2 Share #2776 Posted October 2 3 hours ago, pgk said: A succinct summary. And handicapped in relationship to other brands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted October 2 Share #2777 Posted October 2 13 minutes ago, jaapv said: And handicapped in relationship to other brands. Or forgetting that the EVF M would be the first mirrorless camera dedicated to M lenses with no handicap whatsoever towards them and will all M11 capabilities bar the RF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smogg Posted October 2 Share #2778 Posted October 2 If there's non-alcoholic beer, why can't there be a Leica M without a rangefinder?😀 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf_ZG Posted October 2 Share #2779 Posted October 2 7 hours ago, jaapv said: I don’t like the windowless blank face of the rumored cameras. One thing that makes the M so iconic is the viewfinder windows that give the impression that the camera is looking at you and the world. Leica will sell stickers with the windows on it… 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF’sDelight Posted October 2 Share #2780 Posted October 2 Is there really a need for such an M camera on the market? It seems so, because without a well-estimated market share and sales, Leica wouldn't develop and launch such a new type of camera, would they? If there is an EVF-only M, it will be something like a full-frame CL or a Q with a bayonet — either way, it will obviously not have AF. I’m still hoping for a unique feature that none of us has thought of yet (in a serious manner). Otherwise, it would simply be a cheaper (beginner?) version of something like a digital Leica M, with less fine mechanics and probably a higher margin for Leica, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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