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For the £250 it cost me secondhand (off here actually) I'm certainly not complaining.. but my HUNCH is that the Zeiss 1.5 and the VL 50 F1.1 are going to be better for lots of % more money, but not that much actual money in terms of Leica-land (obviously the ASPH 1.4 Lux is lots and lots and lots more money)
Hi, these thoughts come and go (until they come again).
With lenses - as with other goods - the principle of diminishing returns applies, meaning a car for 100000 € is not a hundred times better than a used one for 1000 €. And a car with 500 hp will not take you five times faster
to your destination compared to one with a mere 100 hp ...
Lens design always is a compromise. - Owners say, the LEICA Summicron 2/50 ASPH is the best Leica 50mm lens (and they had all before). On the other hand, it is slower than the Noctilux, which is heavier and more difficult to focus,
so the Summilux might be a better compromise, but this is not as good as the Summicron ASPH ...
To get out of this loop, could be to ask oneself, which one's favourite focal length is. If it is 50mm, then one should buy the best 50mm (according to personal criteria) one can afford ...
Hi, I can fully understand your decision. - I started with 2 Leica lenses in 1988, the 35 Cron and the 90 Tele-Elmarit. - And over the years, my portfolio grew ... ---I think my draw to the ASPH 1.4 50mm is that originally I was going to get that (and that alone) to go with the M9p, but in the end, (and for not that much more) I was instead able to get the 35/90 'rits and 50 'cron
The Lux desire lingers a bit.... but I feel I chose wisely (despite the words Leica and budget seldom going together, I am very much on a budget), the 90 rit is (IMO) a great lens, the 35 I use frequently and the 50 cron is more than enough for most things, so for me, 3 lenses is better than one, even if that one has an extra stop!
Hi,1)I think the current 50/f2 is the best value for money sharp lens, it’s very sharp. I have a 50/f1.4 which is that much bulkier.
2)In the sun this weekend I just used the 35/f2.
3)I had a 90/f2.8, refurbished, and loved it, my son has stolen it. I now have the 90/f2, which is better but much bigger.
M10-D image leaked shows an advance lever... we can only speculate as to whether it has a function or is just for show..
But imagine ... if there was no external battery and a crank of the lever created sufficient energy to take a shot!
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I think today's rumour is that you'll need your smart phone to use the camera, and (sadly) I don't see how the crank lever would ever drive that EVF.... Still be nice to see what it is...
and isn't Leica really rushing these out!! We're not 2 years past the M10 release date yet, and we've already had the M10 (well dur) the M10p and very soon the M10-D... I guess next the M10Monokrom, then finally the M10-ME, I wonder if they'll delete live view on it like last time with the 262?
Mechanical shutter? The digital Epson RD-1 was based on the Voigtlander/Cosina film body and had a 'wind-on' lever that cocked the shutter.
I suppose they know their market, but the 'less is more' thing can be taken too far. There's no real reason to leave out features like video, let alone the rear LCD, except to appeal to hipster purists or harcdore film holdouts who are just now wondering whether there might be something in this digital thing after all.
Yeah my hunch (whatever that's worth) is that it'll cock the shutter, or maybe just be a thumb rest (or ornament!!), unless it MAYBE it allows you to enter some sort of shooting menu or set the date/time
Personally I can see leaving video out to be an OK thing, especially on an M, the snag with including video I think is that it's just another spec that some other manufacturer will beat, and the internet will get all angry about it... (some times I think that moving imagery must not have existed before 4K and I reckon the vast majority of serious videographers will have a dedicated tool for the job, rather than demand that their stills camera is also class leading movie recorder)
At the end of the day, we can use nearly any camera as we can a Leica M-D, it's just about self discipline... The joke when the first M-D came out was that M9 users (like me!) need not apply as the LCD is so pants that you'd never use it unless you really had too anyway! (To be fair I often check the histogram on the M9 LCD)
If it does turn out to be an on/off switch I hope it doesn't work the same way as (e.g.) the Nikon FM2, where the camera is locked unless the lever is in the standoff position, neatly poking left-eyed shooters in the right eye.
It's a pretend wind-on lever?! That's perhaps the silliest thing to be fitted to a Leica since the WINTU viewfinder for shooting round corners.
The M10-d might sell better if they throw in a free tin of beard oil
I don’t get this new M10-D at all...
The first M-D (love it or loathe it) was basically an analogue experience from a digital camera.
The M10-D has all of the digital features that other cameras do, except that most of them have been moved to your phone
It’s neither one thing or the other
IMO If one is incapable of resisting the chimping lure of digital, then moving the chimp to your phone isn’t going to make you stop... much like if your favourite restaurant moves premises to a bit further away, you’re still going to make the effort to go there