Jubb Jubb
Well-known
Completely agree. If its a review, why post photos of the way he processes and not out of camera shots? Thats what people are expecring to see. Especially when some of the shots are cropped or converted to bw too.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Finally. Why can't Leica do something like this instead of eff-(gerund) up stuff with their eff-(simple past) online marketing department (well, alleged marketing department).
bigeye
Well-known
What's the question? It's clearly miles better than the M9, at the same price.
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Snowbuzz
Well-known
I'm very impressed with the pictures I'm seeing with the 'M' and more impressed by what I'm hearing about the design of the camera. I've started my piggy-bank for an 'M'.
Mr. Thein does great digital gear reviews. His film reviews, however: well, I'll just shut-up about now.
Mr. Thein does great digital gear reviews. His film reviews, however: well, I'll just shut-up about now.
BNLee
Established
Heh!... To think how many people thought that the new camera's images would not match up to the quality of the CCD in the M9...
Well, looks like many of his suggestions came true following the review from his M9(http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/03/03/long-term-review-the-leica-m9-p/):
That doesn’t mean I don’t have a long list of things that could be improved for the next digital M; realistically, we’re going to see evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes, because after all, it is still a Leica M – if you want AF, buy the Fuji. With that, I leave you with the list:
1. Bigger buffer. I can count shots, but I’d rather not – 15-20 would be plenty. The new Nikon D4 reportedly has a 95-frame RAW buffer(!)
2. Live view. I think this is probably inevitable, given the capabilities of all of the current crop of sensors; I personally want it so I don’t have to use the clunky Visoflex for macro work.
3. More speed, especially with image processing – specifically review and magnification.
4. A better LCD. More pixels are useless if I can’t tell whether I’m using them all properly or not. I can see why the body will not accommodate a 3″ unit for design and aesthetic reasons, but a higher resolution 2.5″ unit with better color would make a huge difference.
5. A built in thumb grip on the back; a ThumbsUp built into the body would be perfect. They could even bring back the winder ala Epson to save battery power.
6. Softer, better-feeling shutter release button.
7. A little more information in the viewfinder; shutter speed in aperture priority and ISO is all I need.
8. A meter that doesn’t go crazyif there’s a point light source in the frame.
9. Improved high ISO, but it’s not actually that critical.
10. More robust firmware, and less sensitivity to particular brands of SD cards.
11. More eye relief in the finder – especially useful for photographers with glasses
Notice I haven’t asked for video, more pixels, AF, or 12fps, or LCD finder overlays; I think the fundamental concept is great, but it could use a few little tweaks to keep it relevant in today’s world of options – especially when historical trends point towards this camera being even more expensive than its predecessor. MT
Underlined points are the ones which are present in the new Milestone, but yeah, many of them should have been there long ago...
You could say that Leica has really been listening to many more pro photographers or reviewers about how to improve the M9. We'll see how it fairs out.
Well, looks like many of his suggestions came true following the review from his M9(http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/03/03/long-term-review-the-leica-m9-p/):
That doesn’t mean I don’t have a long list of things that could be improved for the next digital M; realistically, we’re going to see evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes, because after all, it is still a Leica M – if you want AF, buy the Fuji. With that, I leave you with the list:
1. Bigger buffer. I can count shots, but I’d rather not – 15-20 would be plenty. The new Nikon D4 reportedly has a 95-frame RAW buffer(!)
2. Live view. I think this is probably inevitable, given the capabilities of all of the current crop of sensors; I personally want it so I don’t have to use the clunky Visoflex for macro work.
3. More speed, especially with image processing – specifically review and magnification.
4. A better LCD. More pixels are useless if I can’t tell whether I’m using them all properly or not. I can see why the body will not accommodate a 3″ unit for design and aesthetic reasons, but a higher resolution 2.5″ unit with better color would make a huge difference.
5. A built in thumb grip on the back; a ThumbsUp built into the body would be perfect. They could even bring back the winder ala Epson to save battery power.
6. Softer, better-feeling shutter release button.
7. A little more information in the viewfinder; shutter speed in aperture priority and ISO is all I need.
8. A meter that doesn’t go crazyif there’s a point light source in the frame.
9. Improved high ISO, but it’s not actually that critical.
10. More robust firmware, and less sensitivity to particular brands of SD cards.
11. More eye relief in the finder – especially useful for photographers with glasses
Notice I haven’t asked for video, more pixels, AF, or 12fps, or LCD finder overlays; I think the fundamental concept is great, but it could use a few little tweaks to keep it relevant in today’s world of options – especially when historical trends point towards this camera being even more expensive than its predecessor. MT
Underlined points are the ones which are present in the new Milestone, but yeah, many of them should have been there long ago...
You could say that Leica has really been listening to many more pro photographers or reviewers about how to improve the M9. We'll see how it fairs out.