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32 minutes ago, costa43 said:

An EVF only M could also open up more conversions of other vintage glass to M mount. Without rangefinder coupling it would be easier to do. Could be interesting.

With special RF coupling too. The Summicron 50/2 DR can focus from 0.5m to infinity with M11 and Visoflex 2 sans goggles for instance.

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6 hours ago, Herr Barnack said:

OMG no!  Don't make it smaller!!  

The same people who yelled about the M240 being fat will yell about the M12 being too small!!  😳

But the M240 WAS too fat! Measure it. A full 0.5 mm !!!

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Correct. They included the thumb wheel which is not present on the M9/8. It caused a storm in a teacup at introduction. Some people still believe in the resulting Internet turmoil    However, the body thickness is virtually identical.

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Haha fat bottoms cannot lie 🤣
M11 and M240 bottom plate:

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2 hours ago, lct said:

Haha fat bottoms cannot lie 🤣
M11 and M240 bottom plate:

 

I said M9/8. The whole point of the M10/11 is that they have been shrunk to film M size, approximately. So yes they can lie by making the wrong comparison. 

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There are classic dirty tricks of manufacturers' marketing aimed at misleading buyers when comparing with competitors' cameras. For example, on the Leica website the weight of the cameras is indicated without batteries. 

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14 hours ago, Ray Vonn said:

A successful hit with instagrammers/Youtubers/those that can't be arsed with all that challening exposure triangle stuff no doubt.   If that rumour's true of course.

But why take something that is unique (Leica M) and place it in direct competition with a mature product that is very successful (Fuji rangefinder 'style')?

It makes no sense to me.

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1 hour ago, Smogg said:

There are classic dirty tricks of manufacturers' marketing aimed at misleading buyers when comparing with competitors' cameras. For example, on the Leica website the weight of the cameras is indicated without batteries. 

Anyone contemplating spending $5k to $8k on a camera should at least go to a dealer and hold it in person.

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6 minutes ago, Chris W said:

Anyone contemplating spending $5k to $8k on a camera should at least go to a dealer and hold it in person.

That's right. Don't trust marketing materials, you have to hold the camera yourself.

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Actually I don’t think that smaller and lighter equals better. The M8 series felt better in my hands than the film M and M 10 do. Plus I like to have a bit of mass on a camera. Less motion blur, more stable viewfinder. As for carrying the camera and lenses: when I go shopping with my wife I have to carry far more weight than any camera and I don’t mind. 

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25 minutes ago, jaapv said:

Actually I don’t think that smaller and lighter equals better. The M8 series felt better in my hands than the film M and M 10 do. Plus I like to have a bit of mass on a camera. Less motion blur, more stable viewfinder. As for carrying the camera and lenses: when I go shopping with my wife I have to carry far more weight than any camera and I don’t mind. 

If you think the weight is not enough, you can always add extra weight to the neck strap😉

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