coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
oh sorry. lol. you got me good there.
so simplified menu = iso dial.
Oh hey I also just realized my M4-P has even further simplified menu = EMPTY ISO dial so you can WRITE on it to memorize.
so simplified menu = iso dial.
Oh hey I also just realized my M4-P has even further simplified menu = EMPTY ISO dial so you can WRITE on it to memorize.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Actually, that could kinda work on modern CMOS sensors right? It's pretty much the native base sensitivity then digitally pushing it. So M-D could even skip ISO setting all together and you'd just push.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
I think for $15,500, a special edition designed with the help of Audi, body in stainless steel, I'll save my money for my son's college.
Bille
Well-known
Whenever Leica takes something away, the price doubles.
I remember the first time I used a M4-2 (early 90s) and I couldn't figure out why Leica put that thing on the back of the camera.
I was coming from using a Nikon F4.
Actually, that could kinda work on modern CMOS sensors right? It's pretty much the native base sensitivity then digitally pushing it. So M-D could even skip ISO setting all together and you'd just push.
Completely... eventually I think this will be the norm across the board.
willie_901
Veteran
This will never happen. Increasing ISO only amplifies the global luminance after the shutter closes. All digital photographs are recorded at base ISO (100 or 200 depending on the data stream design). With current sensor technologies base ISO will always be 100 or 200.
For raw shooters this problem is solved. Any camera with an ISO invariant data stream (i.e., electronic read noise due to analog signal amplification is not a function of ISO) can be used at base ISO all the time. The global luminance can be pushed during raw rendering. For most ISO-inavaiant cameras at least three stop post-production push (200 to 1600) provides excellent results. Oddly this is somewhat like the film experience as the sensor is often underexposed which means chimping is futile.
For JPEG users you idea would be practical, but extremely unpopular.
Tijmendal
Young photog
What the hell is a stepped top plate? I've heard talk about this before, but can't for the life of me figure out what it means.
maggieo
More Deadly
I'd just like a silver chrome 262.
Tijmendal
Young photog
But every Leica M has that, right? I always hear it used as if some digital M's didn't have the stepped plate? Confusing...
giulio stucchi
Well-known
Is the step on the viewfinder side M9 style, the M240 doesn´t have it.
olakiril
Well-known
That could be it giulio.
Timmyjoe
Veteran
I always believed the "step" is the step down next to the viewfinder window on the right in the above picture. It's where the rewind knob is on all the film Leica M cameras. There wasn't that step on the M8 and M8.2. It first appeared on the M9 with all its variations, then disappeared when the Leica M digital came out. I guess it's back on newer variations of the Leica M digital.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Yeah at least that's what I was referring to: step next to VF.
I like that step on M9 and M 262 personally.
Maybe they can bring back the M3/2 style knob there and use that for exp comp or smething.
I like that step on M9 and M 262 personally.
Maybe they can bring back the M3/2 style knob there and use that for exp comp or smething.
jim0266
Established
In the M240 that where the microphone goes.
mdwsta4
Matty Westside
Others have already pointed out the step. It's literally a 'step' on the top plate next to the VF.
Style. Just like all film M's where the rewind knob was located. Never liked the flat look of the M8 or M240 top plate. The 'step' just looks right.
Style. Just like all film M's where the rewind knob was located. Never liked the flat look of the M8 or M240 top plate. The 'step' just looks right.
Timmyjoe
Veteran
So, it's March 10th, anybody seen it yet??
BillBingham2
Registered User
March 10th looks great our here in the heartland, no new leicas though.....
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