kmallick
Well-known
who the heck is CMOSIS (from Belgium)? How come they have never been in spotlight before? Interesting developments..
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
I have assembled a nice collection of Leica lenses, at no small expense, and while I am happy to go on using them on Leica film bodies, I was really hoping for an affordable FF digital body from Leica. I had an M8 and just never took to it, and I had an M9 that simply cost too much for me to feel comfortable with. I hoped that the M-E would be a nice compromise, but that price is just silly. Damn shame.
furcafe
Veteran
Video would be focused just like live view stills. I have no interest in video (right now, anyway), but it appears that they've implemented it in a pretty low-impact way; there if you need it, can be easily ignored if you don't.
OlliL
Well-known
Leica put up a (not so informative) video up on their mrleicacamera YouTube account.
Vimeo probably too.
Edit: The John Dooley video (same account on YT) is better.
Vimeo probably too.
Edit: The John Dooley video (same account on YT) is better.
furcafe
Veteran
They may be LED illuminated, but it appears they will be bigger for those old guys who like the M4-era framelines (sized for 2m according to the spec sheet).
dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
I actually thought that maybe, just maybe, it may have been Sony or Panasonic but I've never heard of this company before - I don't care if it's "designed specifically for . . . . . " - to me, this is an unknown variable in this camera.
I still hurt from having that crappy sensor in the M8 (line of dead pixels) and it is part of the reason why I steered clear of the M9 (not to mention the price of course
)Dave
JeffNYC
Well-known
2 meter framelines are back
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
They said its a small company in Belgium, not one of the big boys.
ChipMcD
Well-known
Yup. Not even a small step from the M9, except maybe writing files faster to storage.
dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
OlliL
Well-known
Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_4xHIqU4t8&sns=em
Hope the link works, since I'm on my iPad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_4xHIqU4t8&sns=em
Hope the link works, since I'm on my iPad.
moreammo
Established
where did you see the ME has faster write speeds? looks like it has the same internals. i would love a link to that info.
swoop
Well-known
So the M-E is literally an M9 sans frameline selector? Or am I missing something?
whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
The Leica M also marks the beginning of a new era in the Leica product naming policy. In future, Leica M and S model names will omit the number suffix to emphasize the enduring and long-term significance of the respective systems.
This tells me there will be many models at higher prices at shorter intervals. Doesn't make me look forward to the next model.
This tells me there will be many models at higher prices at shorter intervals. Doesn't make me look forward to the next model.
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
I was just going to ask that, the ME is basically a "new" M9 ?
furcafe
Veteran
CVickery
Established
...And no USB port.
swoop
Well-known
Ok. Thanks for clearing that up.
So M-E is the M9.
Different color
No ISO 80
No USB port
No frameline preview lever
hteasley
Pupil
M-E is clearly trying to price cut the M9 without making existing M9 owners mad. Remove some items that add marginally to the cost, call it something different, sell it for what passes as a Leica "budget" price.
The M... pretty interesting. You're $10k in with the accessories that make it interesting, though, without even having bought glass yet...
The M... pretty interesting. You're $10k in with the accessories that make it interesting, though, without even having bought glass yet...