jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
Last time I looked I had put about 6000 shots on mine - the rubber has already fallen off. Now where is my Superglue?...
hellomikmik
Well-known
I might be wrong but according to what I could find on the net:
- M 262: 680g (bat included)
- M9: 585g (bat inlcuded)
Mcary
Well-known
From the Technical Data sheet/PDF for the Leica M (TYP 262)
Weight (with battery) Approx. 600 g (19.3 oz).
Come on man, they haven't even filled all of the Q orders yet and you expected them to build this immediately?
jkjod
Well-known
I think this is a great direction for Leica, personally. I know a lot of people here don't use video (me included) and want a digital M that acts like their film M (again, me included). What I don't get is why no live view on the back screen in the very least. Seems like a perfect way to check lens calibration. If there is no live view what's the point of the giant screen on the back?
robert blu
quiet photographer
I do not know if I'll buy this camera, but for sure I find it very interesting because using it will be very similar to the way I use my M7, yes I think it's the digital most similar to the analog Leicas...
robert
Image review and menus?
muser53
MUSER53
Think of the 262 vs the 260 as (kind of) the digital equivalents of the M2 and M3.
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
680 is the M240.
filmdood
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I wonder how many Minolta AL rangefinder cameras I can buy with five grand. And the AL uses film which will last 200 years.
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
Because digital Leica don't have
- the same shape and layout
- same major control layout
- same viewfinder
- same focusing
- same bottom loading?
I guess you could glue on a cosmetic advance lever or have it hang up every 36 frames. Well, the early firmware for the M typ 240 had that second part nailed.
Dante
icebear
Veteran
LOL
And as for the advance lever, any of my digital Leicas has been fitted with a thumbs up
Ok, so go make a Minolta AL thread.
uhoh7
Veteran
mcfingon
Western Australia
Is the sensor the same as the M240 or the Q sensor? On the Leica blog it says:
"The sensor is an evolution of the Leica M sensor"
http://blog.leica-camera.com/photog...treet-photography-andrea-boccalini-in-vienna/
"The sensor is an evolution of the Leica M sensor"
http://blog.leica-camera.com/photog...treet-photography-andrea-boccalini-in-vienna/
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
Think M240 sensor. Not that it matters, as far as image quality in the final print goes we entered the phase of diminishing returns a while ago.
More silent than what? the M-P is already fairly quiet.
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
More silent than the M240/M-P, at least that is the claim. And certainly far more silent than the M9/ME.
Landberg
Well-known
I love it, i will never buy it but i love it.
swatch
Established
Should I look for full frame digital M today the M262 is the answer : CMOS is more reliable than CCD inside M9, more silent shutter as it claims ( hope it also means lesser vibration at lower speed as I find the lowest I can do with M9 is 1/30 second ), larger battery with more juice in it, larger and higher resolution of LCD in the back .... live-view is one of the benefit of CMOS moreover for street photography I sometimes do off-finder
Should Leica can make M262 more reliable white balance for indoor as well more predictable exposure than M9, then I would be happy and start saving money for it
Should Leica can make M262 more reliable white balance for indoor as well more predictable exposure than M9, then I would be happy and start saving money for it