My first images with a Leica M10

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Thanks for your examples, Bill. Wouldn't the used lens also have an effect on the resulting colors?

 

[Bill Blackwell]

Thanks for your examples, Bill. Wouldn't the used lens also have an effect on the resulting colors?

Given the characteristics of the sensor, yes, of course. The best lenses in my stable for colors are the 50mm Asph Summilux and the 35mm Zeiss Distagon f/1.4 - and out of camera colors are on the cool/flat side. Results from my M-P 240 were very similar - if not identical. IMHO, the camera with the best resident colors was the M9.

 

[raid]

I agree with your assessment, Bill. The M9 colors are very beautiful.

 

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I used yesterday the M9 and the M10 side by side for some snapshots outside Joe Patti's in Pensacola. The M9 was set to ISO 160 while the M10 was set to 200. Both cameras were set to auto exposure. Some images taken with the M10 were overexposed. None was overexposed with the M9.

Regarding the M10: Rigid Summicron https://raid.smugmug.com/LeicaM10rigidsummicron2020/

 

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I used yesterday the M10 with the 75mm 1.4 Summilux. I was hoping for some images of birds. I found a few Pelicans.

link with all images: https://raid.smugmug.com/Leica-M10-Summilux-75mm-December-2020/


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The Peiicans would suddenly fly into whatever I was framing, and the focus was sometimes off or the chosen exposure was not optimal for the Pelican.

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I find the M10 to be a very reliable camera that can be used directly after receiving it since there are no difficult to set functions that I have encountered. The battery seems to last a long time, and it is possible to quickly take shots back to back (such as in tracking a flying Pelican). I may have enjoyed using a M10-R to try out the larger image sizes, but I may have not enjoyed the need for a faster computer and the need for a new external drive and so on. Technology is fun to try out and use, but in the end it should be about photography.

It is Christmas Eve now, and I am thinking about life. Photography has always been a source of pleasure and relaxation for me. When I was a graduate student in Blacksburg (Virginia), I would take photos of the small streets there with my Canon AE-1 on a tripod. It was a simple set-up. Now I own more cameras than I need.

The M10 is in the end a wonderful camera.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Sorry to sounds like Grinch here. Couple of days ago I read first four current pages on M10 thread at one of the other forums 🙂.
Raid, you are very lucky with your M10. The failures reported just on those four pages made me believe what late M9 chassis are more reliable.

 

[raid]

Which type of problems are people reporting on the M10?
Camera housing?
Sensor issues?
Electronics?
Battery?

I don't find very negative posts on the M10. I looked at threads on leica camera forum, say. They are positive comments.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Which type of problems are people reporting on the M10?
Camera housing?
Sensor issues?
Electronics?
Battery?

I don't find very negative posts on the M10. I looked at threads on leica camera forum, say. They are positive comments.

Looks like you are just on denial.

I only read first four current pages and it was more than enough.
Freezing interfaces, crapped out screens, typical Leica memory card problems, failing shutters and so on and so forth.

 

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Raid
Don't know much about M10...but if you are happy then that's what counts, especially these days. I have noticed that the temperature in Northern Florida is a bit warmer than Ontario Canada. Perhaps that makes a difference in the comments?


Pelicans....I recently read that Olympus M1X introduced "Bird AF". Could be a gimmick, but if you want perfect bird pictures possibly M10 is not the tool.

 

[raid]

Looks like you are just on denial.

I only read first four current pages and it was more than enough.
Freezing interfaces, crapped out screens, typical Leica memory card problems, failing shutters and so on and so forth.

I am on a solid denial! :angel:😀😎

 

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Raid
Don't know much about M10...but if you are happy then that's what counts, especially these days. I have noticed that the temperature in Northern Florida is a bit warmer than Ontario Canada. Perhaps that makes a difference in the comments?


Pelicans....I recently read that Olympus M1X introduced "Bird AF". Could be a gimmick, but if you want perfect bird pictures possibly M10 is not the tool.

An AF SLR is the way to go if bird photography was my main goal all the time. I agree. I enjoy the challenge of using an M camera with birds once in a while.

 

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I went back to the same location to get more photos of the birds.

link: https://raid.smugmug.com/Leica-M10-Summilux-75mm-December-2020/