Mic Drop Moment: M10-D with thumb lever

[bayernfan]

finally....

note:
1. ISO on top (same as M10), exposure comp. (inner dial on back)
2. ON/OFF/WIFI (dial surrounding exposure comp dial)


https://leicarumors.com/2018/10/16/...d-camera-leaked-it-has-an-advance-lever.aspx/

 

[ptpdprinter]

Either it is a fake image or Leica has gone off the deep end.

 

[capitalK]

"The first leaked pictures of the Leica M10-D camera show that the new M model without LCD screen will have an advance lever, but it is not clear what it will be used for:"

I'm hoping it will be to advance/cock the shutter (like the R-D1).

 

[bayernfan]

Either it is a fake image or Leica has gone off the deep end.

i like the deep end. 😀

 

[B-9]

I love it,

Saves on battery life!

Of course I could never afford one!

 

[Takkun]

When I started in photography, or even just a couple years ago, I never would have imagined that Leica would be making BW-only and digital cameras without screens, while Fuji was dropping most of their namesake products.

It's a crazy world, indeed.

Doesn't make me want one any less. Only wish they'd tap Seiko for those beautiful R-D1 indicator dials.

 

[Calzone]

Either it is a fake image or Leica has gone off the deep end.

PTP,

A basic simple camera: what a concept!

Way back when there were rumors about a Monochrom M-body a poster here on RFF called it "stupid." LOL.

I would be interested in a M10-D in Monochrome.

Cal

 

[lcpr]

I wonder if that lever is actually mechanically linked or just a longer way to initiate the motorwind. Either way, it's very cool and a nice update for the M-D series.

 

[martinkirchner]

Looks like a fake. Anyway, would buy it :-D.
Thats what my dreamcamera actually should look like. a digital filmcamera.
Sadly cant afford it, have to go with my m9.

 

[Timmyjoe]

That is very cool. It would also have one of the items I love most about my M3, M4, M6TTL, quiet shooting with the ability to re-cock the shutter separate from making the image. And hopefully quietly by advancing the lever slowly.

Best,
-Tim

 

[Huss]

Wonder what the shutter would sound like?
If this is real, it is so weird and yet so cool.

Also - this is what the Nikon DF should have been, in an SLR version of course.

 

[Archlich]

This one is genuinely practical. The first time an exposure compensation dial being available on a digital M - hope it's a tad easier to turn than the one on the M7.

If they made it lighter I'm in. They better not, so that I could have an excuse...

 

[Huss]

This one is genuinely practical. The first time an exposure compensation dial being available on a digital M - hope it's a tad easier to turn than the one on the M7.

If they made it lighter I'm in. They better not, so that I could have an excuse...

The one on my M7 is beyond awful. Cheap chintzy peace of junk, that turns whether or not u push in that little release button.

 

[analoged]

Finally Leica has caught up with Epson...

 

[Godfrey]

Looks fake to me.

Be that as it may, I prefer the M-D ISO setting dial rather than an EV compensation dial/on-off-self timer control in that location. Switched around ... ISO on the back, EV comp on the top-left ... the two controls would make more sense. And then what's the thumbwheel for, since all it does on the M-D is adjust the EV compensation? (That's one way I know it's a faked image... 🙂)

A manual wind lever is without doubt fake and is nearly ridiculous to me. When I had the R-D1, that was by far and away the clumsiest and dumbest feature I tried to put up with. I couldn't ... I returned the camera after a week. I would not buy a digital Leica with that "feature".

Adding the Live View capability to the M10-D would be nice, I would use that if it were there, but it means you need a bunch more complexity in the camera to support it. It kind of breaks the "essential simplicity" which is the point of the M-D in the first place. So I'm ambivalent about that detail.

G

 

[Huss]

Looks fake to me.
.. And then what's the thumbwheel for, since all it does on the M-D is adjust the EV compensation? (That's one way I know it's a faked image... 🙂)

Isn't the thumb wheel also used to adjust settings in camera via the VF? eg formatting of the card, battery condition, exposures left etc?

 

[Huss]

Where it does seem fake to me is the wireless switch. Why on a camera like this? That is meant to be a 'film' camera? So you can preview ur snaps on a phone?

 

[ptpdprinter]

Where it does seem fake to me is the wireless switch. Why on a camera like this? That is meant to be a 'film' camera? So you can preview ur snaps on a phone?

Enabling the FOTOS app on this camera seems beside the point. If you want to preview your photos, just get the regular M10 instead of juggling the camera with your phone.

 

[Fraser]

Is they viewfinder not turned the wrong way round looks like it only shoots uprights?

 

[Archlich]

Looks fake to me.

Be that as it may, I prefer the M-D ISO setting dial rather than an EV compensation dial/on-off-self timer control in that location. Switched around ... ISO on the back, EV comp on the top-left ... the two controls would make more sense. And then what's the thumbwheel for, since all it does on the M-D is adjust the EV compensation? (That's one way I know it's a faked image... 🙂)

A manual wind lever is without doubt fake and is nearly ridiculous to me. When I had the R-D1, that was by far and away the clumsiest and dumbest feature I tried to put up with. I couldn't ... I returned the camera after a week. I would not buy a digital Leica with that "feature".

Adding the Live View capability to the M10-D would be nice, I would use that if it were there, but it means you need a bunch more complexity in the camera to support it. It kind of breaks the "essential simplicity" which is the point of the M-D in the first place. So I'm ambivalent about that detail.

G

Guess what, you can even adjust the date setting on the M-D 262. With the thumb wheel.

I imagine it will be essential for the implementation of auto ISO setting.