Leica announcing M10 on May 10th?

[bobby_novatron]

To each his or her own, I guess. The logic of this rumored product eludes me.

An expensive German digital camera that only shoots B&W? With no LCD screen? The staff at the rumor mill must be running double-shifts and doing tequila shooters in the staff room!

Leica might as well release a Bakelite box camera with a wire 'sports finder' and vestigial film advance knob. Shoe-horn a full-frame sensor in there and you're set! The purists will think they've died and gone to heaven!

Oh yeah -- don't forget to price it accordingly. Several thousand bucks should give it sufficient legitimacy.

 

[hteasley]

Yeah, I've never understood this thing people have with the LCD display.
Even if you don't want access to your images as you shoot, you still need to be able to fiddle with menu items.

It's why I suggest a mandatory ios/android app (perhaps windows/osx as well) to connect via bluetooth. That could be your screen when you need one. All you'd need is a bluetooth "connect" button in the battery compartment to hold in to connect to a device, and then an app to run to talk to the camera.

The LCD adds thickness and worsens battery life, while reducing robustness. Going LCDless would be a bold move; unlikely, I'll agree, but bold.

 

[jsrockit]

If anyone could get away with not having an LCD, it would be Leica though...

 

[Archlich]

I expect another limited edition M9 or M9-P.

 

[clicker]

I hear GAS prices are going up this summer.🙂

 

[jsrockit]

I expect another limited edition M9 or M9-P.

They wouldn't have an event for that would they?

 

[FrozenInTime]

If anyone could get away with not having an LCD, it would be Leica though...

We all seemed to manage for about a century before the LCD came along ... some of that time was even with slide films like velvia.

The rewind knob doubles as a pull up Bluetooth antenna for those who must chimp 😉

 

[Harry Caul]

Maybe interchangeable backs? It will first be released with a slim, no-LCD, B&W sensor back. But you can upgrade to a thicker, w/LCD & buttons, color sensor back. It would be like changing film!

 

[JuJu]

it sounds like my crazy screenless M10 project... 😀

 

[axiom]

$1000 price tag with 1080p video please (w audio)

 

[sc_rufctr]

I live in "hope" that the M10 will be the same thickness as a classic film M.
That always put me off the M8, 8.2 and 9...

It will be expensive but I'm OK with that. I just want it slim and fit... 😉

 

[newsgrunt]

If it is sans lcd and with no way of displaying a histogram, then it pretty well means shooting raw all the time otherwise people will be blowing highlights pretty often or underexposing to stay safe. imo

if it's for aesthetics, well that's pretty lame

 

[gavinlg]

Cannot fathom why anyone would want a digital camera without an LCD screen.

 

[bensyverson]

$1000 price tag with 1080p video please (w audio)

Yeah, and a body carved from unicorn horn!

 

[Spyro]

Cannot fathom why anyone would want a digital camera without an LCD screen.

A bare camera is more comfortable to hold plus it would force the designer to use dials (like a Leica M ISO dial) instead of buttons that point you to menus on a screen. Dials are faster and more intuitive to use.

Anyway it all depends how much you use the LCD, if you do use it it's invaluable.
But if you dont use it you'd gladly swap if for anything, like a bit more battery life.
Or a lolipop 🙂

 

[benlees]

A digital M with no LCD and just B&W? Sounds great.:angel:

We really need one of those emoticons that eats popcorn.

 

[DougFord]

Seems that the stewardship of the RF along with proper manual focusing is in the hands of Leica, by default perhaps.
The X1 was a copy of existing design, an AF mess, just to get them in the game.
Leica needs to do what they do best. There's too much competition along with amazing image quality in the mirrorless market for them to just offer another variant of the breed.
A very basic MF fixed lens B&W camera would be quite unique. Call it the X2 or whatever, just don't design another, 'not really a RF' camera.
A small monochrome LCD displaying basic camera data along with a histogram would suffice.

 

[bobby_novatron]

In my opinion, the new Leica 'M10' should have the following features:

o same body size as the non-digital Leica M-series
o black & white shooting ability
o cloth shutter
o no pesky LCD
o incredible battery life

Wait a second! They already DID make this! It's called a Leica M6!

 

[EdwardKaraa]

I heard they will offer a separate cordless incident light meter, that can double into an LCD display for image review. Also everybody knows that Leica M users do not chimp.

 

[jarski]

lol 4 pages already, almost all fantasizing about monochrome sensor 😱 😛

my wishes: body with image stabilizer and dust removal, latest wizz-bang dynamic range and high ISO sensor, live view, video and good LCD. battery that lasts as long as SLR's. slim like film M-line. thank you Leica 🙂