Thats right. It comes off so you can insert batteries and sd card 
Just confirmed.
Just confirmed.rvaubel
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Jorge Torralba said:Thats right. It comes off so you can insert batteries and sd card
So much for a half case or grip adapter
I hope there is more battery life than the RD1 (100 shots with chimping). With the RD1 isn't a problem because it is so easy to change. But if you have to take the camera apart every 100 shots or so.... not a deal breaker, but why? Please don't compare with changing a film cassette as this is not film. I want this camera
Rex
MarcoS
R9/DMR . M8 . R-D1
Cumbersome.
Workable as most things in life, but cumbersome.
Workable as most things in life, but cumbersome.
jaapv
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I've hated that baseplate for the last thirtyfive years But I sorta like they kept it... Nostalgia and all that kind of thing...
But I sorta like they kept it... Nostalgia and all that kind of thing... 
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
OK, first the complaint that the film advance lever is gone, now that the baseplate is not gone. Ach, mein lieber. What next, that there's no autofocus?
rvaubel
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gabrielma said:
WHAT!! no autofocus??
Rex
hth
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Cool! I like it!
This camera is really something to look forward too! But I still hope Leica eventually make one variant with the shutter speed dial going the other direction and no red dot on front. I am also a little bit worried about the blue dot/light.
These are just minor worries. On the other hand I do not worry much about picture quality, I cannot imagine that it will be disappointing.
It would be nice though if it optionally could take standard size batteries, but that might be hoping for too much.
(At the moment I am having a very minor GAS attack on whether I should get a second Hexar RF as I cannot possibly afford an M8. )
/Håkan
This camera is really something to look forward too! But I still hope Leica eventually make one variant with the shutter speed dial going the other direction and no red dot on front. I am also a little bit worried about the blue dot/light.
These are just minor worries. On the other hand I do not worry much about picture quality, I cannot imagine that it will be disappointing.
It would be nice though if it optionally could take standard size batteries, but that might be hoping for too much.
(At the moment I am having a very minor GAS attack on whether I should get a second Hexar RF as I cannot possibly afford an M8.
)/Håkan
jaapv
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Actually, if they provide a battery-recharging socket with the USB under the little lid, the bottom hardly ever has to come off, only on extended shoots without the possibility of downloading and recharging.
jaapv
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gabrielma said:
Where are the two flash sockets on the back !!!???!!!
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Rich Silfver
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Cool!! Love that the baseplate retains some 'old' use. Neat.
rvaubel
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jaapv said:
I would never consider charging a cameras battery while in the camera. In fact, I feel naked if I leave home without at least one extra battery and SD card. For a day shoot, I bring enough batteries and memory for 400 pictures. Rarely use half that but batteries and SD cards are light.
If battery life and maximum memory size would support 200 pictures before having to change anything, then removing the bottom plate would not be a practical problem, as I rarely shoot 200+
This is not a real big deal but still. Film users probably think that 200 shots a day is excessive. But once I had experienced digital, I noticed I was bracketing a lot of shots that I wouldn't have in film days. Basically, there are a lot of reasons to shot more pictures with digital besides mindless picture taking.
Rex
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Keeping the baseplate is tightJorge Torralba said:Thats right. It comes off so you can insert batteries and sd card
. Always liked it on my M6.On the other hand (and kind of OT), I wonder what the "SET" button to the left of the LCD is for. The DMR doesn't have one, or does it?
Bob Ross
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The removable base plate will make it possible for Leica to make add on power packs & wireless transfer units, without strange connections exposed to the elements.808 said:Keeping the baseplate is tight
On the other hand (and kind of OT), I wonder what the "SET" button to the left of the LCD is for. The DMR doesn't have one, or does it?
The "SET" button is how you access the menus for changing shooting parameters. The DMR has one in the same place.
Bob
jaapv
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rvaubel said:
Nor would I leave without spare batteries and memory cards, but some posters seemed to object to a removable basepalte. Actually I cannot find any of my batterycharger-camera cables as I never use them.
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Jorge Torralba said:Thats right. It comes off so you can insert batteries and sd card
I like the sheer chutzpah of this, and it should certainly help protect the electrical contacts. But I can't help thinking it's going to be a nuisance when you need to change memory cards in a hurry (which seems to be the way I ALWAYS have to change them!)
Still, M users who have gotten used to the taste of metal from holding the baseplate in their teeth during hurried film changes will be able to keep up the tradition!
Mark Norton
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I think it's great they've retained the removeable base-plate. Far netter than extra hatches like in the D2. As Bob says, alternative bases for extra power, wireless, docking would be good.
Bob Ross
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Hi Mark,Mark Norton said:
A more far fetched advantage came to mind. There used to be a way of stacking two bodies, so the the shutter release on the top body would activate both shutters. PJs used this with a tele and wide on the bodies to capture the specific and environment on an asignment. Editors apparently liked it, but they'd love it today with a wireless transmitter under the bottom body that would send every pair in directly.
Still for the amatuer, the removable bottom will be awkward and encourage larger memory cards. If battery life is in any way limited, Leica will be selling a lot of Power Pack Ms. It kind of makes me hope that what we think of as the USB/Firewire port door is big enough for the SD card, too.
Bob
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
I always get really pissed when the shoelaces supplied with a new pair of shoes aren't exactly what I envisioned. Just ruins my day.
All of a sudden the number '100' comes up, and everyone's in a tizzy. Last time I looked 100 > 36.
All of a sudden the number '100' comes up, and everyone's in a tizzy. Last time I looked 100 > 36.
MarcoS
R9/DMR . M8 . R-D1
I've pre-ordered the M8 because I think it will be a terrific camera, but I'm starting to think that whatever idiot design Leica do, most Leicaphilies will find it not only normal, but revolutionary...
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Could you enlighten us with an idiot Leica design that Leicaphiles find revolutionary?MarcoS said:I've pre-ordered the M8 because I think it will be a terrific camera, but I'm starting to think that whatever idiot design Leica do, most Leicaphilies will find it not only normal, but revolutionary...