Leica Event, May 10 Starts....

[intheviewfinder]

They'll all be back soon as folks have finished beer errr diner.

 

[sanmich]

I'm starting to think that the cron price tag was a joke.

 

[dcsang]

I'm starting to think that the cron price tag was a joke.

We can only hope... but based on the item I have it looks pretty real... I'm hoping what I have is a joke though *LOL*

Dave

 

[jippiejee]

One minute... and the show continues... we'll know then.

 

[bobby_novatron]

I'm not going to form an opinion until Ken Rockwell gives his 2 cents! 😉

LOL!

 

[karlori]

I'm not going to form an opinion until Ken Rockwell gives his 2 cents! 😉

LOL!

I'll end up buying a nikon or another M3 or the mamiya m7 then...

"They had the idea for this product the LEICA M MONOCHROM - finally - with a sensor exclusively BW"

Finally, Huston we have contact...

 

[lam]

Next there needs to be an Eric Kim edition.


I kid, i kid.

 

[celluloidprop]

For $9k, you can have a M9 that finally competes at high ISO with every full-frame DSLR from the last five years!

 

[karlori]

For $9k, you can have a M9 that finally competes at high ISO with every full-frame DSLR from the last five years!

For that money I'll sell all my gear and get a MF digital system... and an X100 :bang:

 

[wskteo]

The full specs of the M9-M, X2 and 50mm ASPH cron are just now out on this thread:

http://forum.hklfc.com/?o=topic&act=show&id=100307&page=3

 

[Chyn]

Interesting, iso 320 as base iso. What's the technical reason for that?

 

[sojournerphoto]

Interesting, iso 320 as base iso. What's the technical reason for that?

The sensitivity to light is twice that of the M9 with a colour filter array - i.e. the sensor wells fill up faster because there is no filter absorbing light.

 

[tjh]

I'm starting to think that the cron price tag was a joke.

Got to be wrong. Last time I looked the 50 lux - really great ASPH lens - was $4000!

 

[redisburning]

Interesting, iso 320 as base iso. What's the technical reason for that?

increased sensitivity from not having a color filter sitting in front of the sensor eating up light, most likely.

 

[Nigel Meaby]

http://de.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m_monochrom/

 

[bobby_novatron]

I'll take my M3, my trusty Zeiss Planar, and a roll of Tmax 100. Amazing -- I just saved myself $14,000!

 

[willie_901]

And in the blink of an eye digital B&W just became superior to analog B&W (only if you have the M9-M of course).

Also Nik probably just released a new version that loads monochrome files but it probably only works with the M9-M.

 

[aleksanderpolo]

Sean Reid's review is up

 

[Nigel Meaby]

increased sensitivity from not having a color filter sitting in front of the sensor eating up light, most likely.

It looks like it's iso 32 not 320 as the base iso

Edit: Just translated the german into english and it's saying "The result is the exact reproduction of popular films from ISO 32 to ISO 3200"

My mistake 😛

 

[karlori]

Oh boy oh boy a Hermes Edition now i can die happy 😀