squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
robklurfield
eclipse
the writer of that post must have a very accurate crystal ball, making a prediction like this: "it won't be cheap." lol.
Cool, a new M.
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
Hopefully it will be dimensionally similar to the current Ms so that the same batteries and cases will work. Because, you know, saving $300 after dropping 8 grand is important. 
My crystal ball tells me that it will not have much more than 24 Mp if it keeps the Leica mechanical rangefinder.
Dante
My crystal ball tells me that it will not have much more than 24 Mp if it keeps the Leica mechanical rangefinder.
Dante
mfogiel
Veteran
OMG, then will I be forced to upgrade from my Iphone?
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
Hopefully it will be dimensionally similar to the current Ms so that the same batteries and cases will work. Because, you know, saving $300 after dropping 8 grand is important.
My crystal ball tells me that it will not have much more than 24 Mp if it keeps the Leica mechanical rangefinder.
Dante
I long for something Q-sized, which is to say, M6-sized, but I doubt I'm gonna get it this go-round...
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
Hmmm mabelsound, are you going to get your (our!) M6 sized M digital today?
Jan Pedersen
Well-known
5500 Euro, not exactly entry level but no video sounds good.
ferider
Veteran
No video, no LV, aluminum top plate. That it ?
and lower price...but no change in size.
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
yeah, no
although, if I were in the market for a new M, this is probably the one I would get.
kshapero
South Florida Man
Yeah bit at least it includes a new ala carte program.
http://leicarumors.com/2015/11/19/new-leica-m-typ-240-a-la-carte-program-announced.aspx/
http://leicarumors.com/2015/11/19/new-leica-m-typ-240-a-la-carte-program-announced.aspx/
Sam Kanga
Established
Good news, but not "entry level". This is closer to what a Leica "M" should be, no video and other gew gaws. There are many great cameras out there that have video and let you use long lenses easily etc. If I go on I'll just be preaching to the converted! I'm glad the price came down a little, they kept the optical rangefinder, and it seems like it keeps the same large battery of the M240.
Entry level for Leica is all relative.
Not sure this will help sell any of these...
http://en.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-M/LEICA-M-Typ-262
mfogiel
Veteran
A mirrorless camera without the live view, is like a porn movie theatre without a porn movie.
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
We Leica enthusiasts are nothing if not receptacles for obscure, perverse self-abnegation
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
This is a graceful way to reduce the price: decontenting via removing video, Live View the frameline preview lever, and the brass top plate (which actually adds a ton of weight and adds no value to black or silver chrome).
Five grand is actually a steal for the kind of quality the sensor delivers, provided that in the 1,000+ you saved, you don't lose something else you wanted. I'm sorry for the people who can't seem to keep their hands off the video or Live View buttons - the loss of the EVF is actually a huge loss in functionality. First, it eliminates your ability to accurately focus super-speed lenses (and any R or other SLR lens, slide copying rig, etc.). Second, you lose three-axis leveling (no optical accessory finder can show you the X-Y level in two different camera orientations), which is a big deal for architectural or landscape photography. Third, you can't use the camera as a tool to calibrate lenses. Finally, it eliminates the backup focusing method when, inevitably, the RF gets knocked out/drifts of alignment. On these last two points, unless you have an EVF to establish the baseline performance of the lens, you might not even know your lens is acting abnormally.
The illustration photos are awesome, particularly the man sleeping on the bench. Thank your lucky stars that this was not taken in the Englischergarten in Munich.
Dante
Five grand is actually a steal for the kind of quality the sensor delivers, provided that in the 1,000+ you saved, you don't lose something else you wanted. I'm sorry for the people who can't seem to keep their hands off the video or Live View buttons - the loss of the EVF is actually a huge loss in functionality. First, it eliminates your ability to accurately focus super-speed lenses (and any R or other SLR lens, slide copying rig, etc.). Second, you lose three-axis leveling (no optical accessory finder can show you the X-Y level in two different camera orientations), which is a big deal for architectural or landscape photography. Third, you can't use the camera as a tool to calibrate lenses. Finally, it eliminates the backup focusing method when, inevitably, the RF gets knocked out/drifts of alignment. On these last two points, unless you have an EVF to establish the baseline performance of the lens, you might not even know your lens is acting abnormally.
The illustration photos are awesome, particularly the man sleeping on the bench. Thank your lucky stars that this was not taken in the Englischergarten in Munich.
Dante
Well, technically it's not mirrorless right?