Leica M10-R: 40 Megapixel Pinnacle M (The Full Color Monochrom!)

[@frankiecalabro2617]

Hugh, what a beautiful eye for composition! I love to look at your work.

[@3BMEP]

Thank you, Frankie!

[@GajanBalan]

As soon as I heard the announcement, I was like “I need Hugh to break this down for me.” Haha. Great video!

[@3BMEP]

Gaj! 🥰

[@clintwoosley9512]

“Huh.....” fade to black.... great ending!! Lol.

[@johnny_bravo9990]

@@3BMEP enjoyed every word from M10-D review, and now here

[@johnny_bravo9990]

WoW that was quick

[@judedash9930]

Instablaster

[@ronbaselice7839]

As a former Leica user, this could bring me back. (And a rich relative)

[@nicolasrouleau4303]

Sir, your voice is amazing. Your narration is spectacular.

[@3BMEP]

😊🙏🏻

[@kaid3566]

@@3BMEP Whatever John Steinbeck wrote about, became art. Your voice is much like his pen, or his typewriter. (And I wonder: what kind of camera would John Steinbeck use?)

[@christopherbgriffith]

I've been slowly moving towards getting a Leica M. The one that I think strikes the right balance for me right now is the M9, in terms of look (love the CCD colors), resolution (18mp is sufficient for basically everything I do), and price. I love that there will be cameras like this one to move to eventually once I've invested in the lens system. In the mean time, my X100V can get mistaken for a Leica when properly social distancing. 😉

[@3BMEP]

Chris! Nice to see you here!

[@xe2bio64]

He’s voice it’s perfect to listen in low volume before going to sleep, suddenly you’re falling sleep

[@mariogpx2990]

I would like to see a comparison between this one and M10-P,

[@ewtriplett]

Great video Hugh! I like simplicity as well. But I have gone in the direction of the Fuji GFX 50r. I am not looking back (so far!).

[@3BMEP]

Delighted you’ve found your steed! Enjoy!

[@bludworth]

Amen on the Visoflex comment!

[@stevenstevensteven4]

Aaron Bludworth what was the visoflex comment ?

[@bludworth]

@@stevenstevensteven4 I don't recall it was a long time ago. Should be in the video.

[@stkhapugin]

I'm fine with 24 Mpx, but the longer exposure times of the new R are very tempting.

[@philipshucet9481]

Glad I took a break to watch this. I woke up this morning knowing that the release was coming. I expected to have that familiar "gotta have it" anxiety. But I didn't. And that in itself was satisfying. As someone trying to make up for years - and years - of not being a photographer, I was on this mad rush to own everything I could. Gear = Better Photographer, right? Ok, I grew up a bit to match my age. I'd never apologize for owning Leicas. How I spend my money is my business. But after shedding pounds from my bag, I'm content. About that red dot. It seems that my choices have been to forego it on both of my cameras. That's ok too. (Oh wait...the dot is on the CL I still keep in the bag. Hey, remember when you had a CL? Back then...). Seriously, thanks for the compact review hitting the important points. Keep on keeping on, my friend!

[@3BMEP]

🥰

[@nelsonclub7722]

I think this. If you subscribe yourself to the notion that having a better camera will make you a better photographer then you must also accept the tricky paradox implied by such. We all know that to make a photograph requires many skills least of which is the camera itself, so therefore the camera you choose is almost a non essential thought. However as photographers we know this simply isn't true. as surely whilst any camera will do; there are particular cameras, or lenses such as those from Leica, Hasselblad, Alpa, Phase One XT which make you 'feel' differently about your photography, and this is an important part of the art often forgotten. I wonder how Alberto Korda felt when he took one of the world's most iconic and arguably the most reproduced image from a seemingly random candid frame of 35mm film taken on a Leica M3? The image of course being that of a young Che Guevara which has graced the walls and T-shirts of teenagers across the Globe (probably not North Korea or China). for decades Years later Hasselblad gave him a 6x6500cm and most of his work was subsequently taken on that, but his Leica fetched a vast sum, at auction due to the legacy. but I was lucky enough to be able to purchase his Hasselblad kit for just 4K last year from his nephew complete with authentication papers and Kordas name scratched into the bottom of all the pieces in the collection. I have it, but don't use it much, but I don't care because of the way it makes me 'feel' about photography. And I think thats the point. I use a Hasselblad H5D50c everyday. Every single day, and it is a gorgeous thing but in the back of my mind is the camera in a drawer, Just because of its very being it makes me feel as though I am a better photographer and that I too am capable of doing something extraordinary just like Korda, and many others have done. Korda captured a single candid frame which went onto captivate not just a nation but a an entire world and the image stood for many things including freedom. You cannot get more expressive than this as a photographer. I covet Leica, not just because it is thing of outstanding simplicity, or the special magic conveyed through it's numerous coatings, or its quirky range of MF lenses and the 'think twice before you shoot' attitude, or indeed whether it harks back to cameras of an era gone by, but also because of what it represents to me and other photographers too. And that is quite simply to be inspired. And for that, there can be no value, or indeed cost.

[@3BMEP]

Nelson Club I LOVE this! ❤️❤️❤️

[@garydmorris]

Your brief assessment of the new M10R is the first that I have seen that makes a compelling argument for upgrading my 2017 M10. Thanks for this.

[@3BMEP]

garydmorris glad to be of service. 🖖🏻

[@queuerious]

Good observation of the value to retain colour info when creating a b+w image in post. If the M10R offers the same resolution and ISO noise response, this would seem to nullify the M10 Monochrom?

[@3BMEP]

The Monochrom has a different rendering than the R (so that's a completely subjective thing), but it also does offer at least one stop better high ISO performance.

[@GalaxyOreos]

My only question is why didn’t Leica just include the 50mp q2 sensor?

[@tedbahas]

Thanks for sending back the samples. Great review!

[@3BMEP]

Hey, Ted! Thanks for being so patient with me!

[@tedbahas]

@@3BMEP My Pleasure! Keep doing such good work! BTW I bought an SL601. Used prices were too good and I wanted to move everything into L-mount. Sold the A7RII and all my Sony glass. I am not sorry. Thought I would miss IBIS and really don't. No Jello video shots!

[@3BMEP]

Ted Bahas enjoy!

[@glenncharles6622]

Great video as always. I agree about the Visoflex.... Not sure what the hold up is, as it would dramatically improve the experience with longer glass. Still, my plans for an M10M may have just changed since I can’t have both.

[@marckyokay]

More expensive than the M10, same as the M10M, LESS than the M10-P and D? Pricing in the USA is curious... Here in Germany the prices are M10 < M10P/D < M10R < M10M

[@ofeykalakar1]

M10-D is not available anymore good luck finding a new one Maybe an m10R-D in a couple years

[@photofreaksk]

And M11 arrived yet? 🙂

[@slverx131]

do you think it’s still worthwhile of getting one visoflex??

[@3BMEP]

Yes. Especially if your eyes are better than mine and/or you intend to shoot wider than 28mm or longer than 50mm.

[@faiynotty]

It’s gonna be my first camera. Could you recommend me which one I should buy for Leica? And about M10R doesn’t come with any lens right? Thank you so much.

[@KONAMAN100]

Q

[@glenncharles6622]

Another great one Hugh. It is interesting, after just having watched the Leica video on lens design and history, I question if we have reached the point where the M lenses are not good enough to handle the increased resolution of the M10M and the M10R. The MTF curves that they show, clearly (to me), indicate that 24MP is the sweet spot for most M glass. Would be interested in your thoughts on this?

[@3BMEP]

Great question! I assumed the same thing. Bad assumption. When adapted to my SL2, images from the Elmar 24, Summicron 50 and Elmarit 90 just look better than they do coming from the M10-P I happen to have in-house. This is not to say these are at the same level of resolution, contrast and correction of, say, my SummicronSL 35 - but for the first time I can SEE how beautiful they do render. Every one of them is a keeper.

[@johnsharaf6736]

​@@3BMEP Having now finally bit the bullet and bought the SL2 AND upgraded my M240 to M10R (its a long story) it seems to me that even the "best" M lenses, in my case the M0.8 set does not seem to have the resolving power to be the "ideal" on either camera. I agree with you High that they look very good, and better than on 24MP but with smaller pixels comes the need for a smaller circle of confusion. I experienced this same phenomenon with the Cine cameras transitioning from 1920-HD to 4K-UHD and now higher. Yes, old lenses have great vintage looks and imperfections but the modern ones (especially ARRI Signature and what we're hearing about the Leitz Cine Primes) are (as DT so often evokes as to make meaningless) like nothing anyone's seen before! Further proof is that I now have my first SL Cron the 35, I can attest that it is everything that everyone has been saying. The higher resolution is paramount, but mostly the higher contrast, in this case "micro contrast" is what's palpable., and as and old geezer the auto focus is fun. Bottom line, I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that Leica will over time replace the current M lens line top to bottom. Stand by

[@san-chil]

How easy is it add color to/or colorize monochrome images ? I see a lot of information on converting color to black n white but very less information on colorizing bnw. Is that exercise worth it? Just a curious question ...

[@3BMEP]

Great question, and the answer is the reason why I will not buy a monochrom: it is not worth trying to recreate the color of a scene from a monochrome capture: the color information is just not there.

[@markaustin614]

Well, I guess I’ll have to wait a few more years to get one! And thanks for your book....excellent way to spend an evening and remember my last time in NY.

[@3BMEP]

So glad you enjoy it!

[@markaustin614]

Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions - Anticipating book number 2!!

[@michaelwhiles5282]

So, not an M 11 ? Problems at the farm ? Unable to evolve enough to 'create' an M11 ? Still want one but....

[@NPJensen]

I love rangefinder cameras - probably because my first camera was my dads old Minolta AL-F, and I have been looking for a new rangefinder to add to my collection. If I win the lottery, I'll get myself an M10-R, but for now I'll have to settle for a second hand film camera - if I can find one, I like...

[@watermelonbeast]

Interesting review of the M10-R. I started on a Spotmatic with a 50mm f/1.8 and always wanted a Leica. I was able to procure one, an M4-2 with a 66mm Elcan F/2 in 1976. Unfortunately, I was having problems with setup and couldn't find any dealer to help. I wrote a letter to Leitz in New Jersey in 1977 and the FBI was at my door a couple days later. Seems that I procured a stolen Navy Intelligence camera body similar to the one with the 66m Elcan Lens for sale today for $155,000 on Ebay. It wasn't until ten years ago I could afford another Leica. I purchased an M6 which I really like and a good rangefinder replacement for my Spotmatic and Olympus XA (Poor Man's Leica in the 1980s). I struggle with spending money on a M-series digitals but the M10-R seems to be a worthy investment. I have a used M9 which creates great images but the ISO is limited as well as other functionality. Somehow I still feel much more comfortable investing in lenses and film bodies but $8k is a real stretch.

[@watermelonbeast]

Also, although I abhor cropping images, the flexibility of having 40megapixals and having fewer lenses is a real plus. The latest 28mm Elmarit takes wonderful images and with the M10-R would open up a lot of possibilities, but would change the way I approach composition.

[@3BMEP]

Fascinating story! And I hear you: $8K is a lot of dosh for a body. Thanks for sharing!

[@esratlipi7844]

Can it shoot videos?

[@3BMEP]

Nope, thank goodness!

[@mannygomez2606]

Hello, what editing software are you using?

[@3BMEP]

Manny Gomez FCPX

[@mannygomez2606]

@@3BMEP I apologize, I was inquiring photo editing for your images?

[@3BMEP]

LR

[@TheSololobo]

The M10-D is just so f'n cool.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

I agree on the fact that it is really time for Leica to release a new visoflex with Ulta High Definition as what we have on the SL2 or S1's My type 20 on the TL2 is far from being good enought to make à precise focus with the 90mm ELMARIT... Once I take this little jewel that I know you love so much (the M90 Elmarit) on my S1R, it's like if it's another Lens !

[@3BMEP]

STOP!! 😊 I AM watching on eBay. I’ve been outbid once already. 😔

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

@@3BMEP I'm so disappointed for you Hugh. Be patient. The day will come ! 😄

[@mcmcx5514]

Can you remove the red dot like in M10-P?

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

And yes about the cropping capacity. You can travel light when you have room for cropping!!! I take my M 24mm f/3.8 and the 90mm APO SL SUMMICRON on my S1R and that’s it... I just can imagine the power of this M10-R with a summilux M24 and the M90 Elmarit... well only can imagine, I can’t afford them! (Except the Elmarit ;) )

[@jl9752]

Plus one on the visoflex upgrade. If I were being a piggy, I’d ask for a hybrid viewfinder so that you can switch between the rangefinder and a built in EVF, but I’m not sure whether that will ever happen. The R is definitely calling me for all the reasons you mentioned, but the sucker in me is waiting for M10-RP (or whatever it maybe) so you know I can pay an extra grand to not have the red dot there.....

[@james-p]

hear hear on the visoflex. I understand that at least part of it has to be plastic for GPS reception (and keeping the GPS is an absolute must). But surely the base could be narrowed so that it doesn't cover the shutter speed dial, and the resolution could be increased.

[@andrewtaylor4685]

I’m curious why Leica are not putting more effort into the M10 screen. It appears as an after thought. If Leica could style the M10-R with the same back appearance as the Q2 they would have a great camera.

[@donjagoe]

My new-to-me M10-R is in Fedex, on the way. This was a great discussion. Love the channel, always.

[@3BMEP]

🙏🏻😊🖖🏻

[@JacobChristiansen1]

So will there eventually be an M10-RD and M10-RP before we see the M11 ?

[@3BMEP]

😆

[@augustuswright8541]

Hugh's getting a new camera... And leave it to Leica to have a Bond villain at their unveiling. Those guys are pure class. But more to the point, I'd cheerfully dump all my Canon stuff at this stage in life to simply futz around with this body and two primes. My only real concern? The Monochrom still looks incredible to me.

[@3BMEP]

Choices, choices... 😈

[@frankwu1713]

would love to get the M10-R, but my wallet does not agree with my desire

[@3BMEP]

I hear you!

[@nelsonclub7722]

We share your pain

[@ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣΓΑΒΡΙΛΑΚΗΣ]

You are not alone...

[@charlesdavissmith-photogra1962]

Great video!

[@3BMEP]

🙏🏻😊🖖🏻

[@vitpan2762]

Okey, okey, what is the best used Leica for 5-6k USD? Thanks,

[@Markovratonjic]

I have never seen more beautiful and well spoken case of self justification 😁 You, clearly, want that camera...

[@3BMEP]

😉

[@tonyli4509]

Still using M9+cron v4, not thinking about the new Leicas at all lol

[@Rico-tt3jk]

Hugh, I don't Leica the price 😭

[@carlseibert5311]

Very, very nice video. Thank you. Personally, given my finances and eyeglasses, a Fujifilm X-Pro3 beat out a used Type 240 on the basis of a better (vastly) viewfinder. To be considered, especially if eye relief is as big a thing as it is with me. But if indeed the M10-R does more resolution AND better high ISO performance than the M10 (which is in turn a tad better at high ISO than the Fuji), I will henceforth lust after it unabashedly. And, oh yeah. These things are tools and what they look like doesn't/ isn't supposed to matter. But truly the Leica is beautiful IMHO and the Fuji is kinda ugly. Just sayin'

[@EMS99]

Nice Hugh!! Eddie

[@3BMEP]

🙏🏻

[@SamLucas26]

Got me contemplating cancelling my c300 Mark iii preorder to get an m10r 🤔 😂

[@girliedog]

I enjoy you videos very much, your delivery has an impelling clergy quality that causes me to really listen.

[@3BMEP]

🙏🏻😊🖖🏻

[@Xingqiwu387]

Does the new M10-R cost more or less than a new BMW 6 Series?

[@Alexframesrj]

Just bought a M10-r now, the pre owner shoot less than 200. Just when I don’t take my M6 out.

[@3BMEP]

Enjoy!

[@maheshg212]

I was foolishly hoping that they will have an inbuilt EVF to make focussing easier for all those megapixels.

[@Smoothblue90]

Great video.

[@3BMEP]

😊🙏🏻

[@JungleEddie]

Since I would at best be able to afford one Leica lens, I would take the Q2.

[@admiralkhalifaalqubaisi3770]

you made our day

[@Ducstar510]

I have an M10 now. I guess I'll wait for the M10-R-P :)

[@3BMEP]

😉

[@Sams911]

still prefer the M10P... maybe when they make a M11P I'll upgrade

[@gurugamer8632]

M10R is better

[@LeodiAstoriaXIII]

I'm sure it's a nice camera, but the price doesn't justify what the camera can do, it's a luxury item and Veblen goods. I'm happy with my Fuji X100V.

[@shimmytsgk]

I love my M10M, the Leicaholic in me is screaming to go for the M10R. I SHALL RESIST!

[@chouandsherrie]

YES! upgrade the visoflex!!

[@brocktonbensch7992]

Somehow the fact that it’s well under 10,000 makes it feel potentially attainable...

[@boostedbilly7308]

So what’s it like living in New York today

[@villagranvicent]

Hugh, love the hair do a-la David Lynch... 🤨👍🏼

[@3BMEP]

😜🖖🏻

[@GKhanKutar]

I prefer medium format X1DII with amazing design and image quality. I can also save money with Hasselblad ;)

[@3BMEP]

I understand.

[@Anonymous-iw4hx]

when you mentioned "can we get a new visoflex" i was like "exactly!" i would like to buy an M10 Monochrom, but to know would have to(i know i dont have to) use that evf, on the M camera..... it just looks hideous, a new more fitting one would sell like hotcakes

[@killahbong]

I'll wait for 80mp

[@Andre-hi9xn]

Leica is like the Porsche 911, every new model is better than the one it replaced! And, this one won't be any different, for now, she's beautiful: she's a Leica! Will it be manufactured in Germany or Portugal?

[@3BMEP]

I do not know with certainty, but I assume some components are manufactured in Portugal; final assembly in Germany.

[@Andre-hi9xn]

@@3BMEP I read somewhere that the factory in Portugal manufactured +/- 80% of Leica's production, from binoculars, cameras and lenses and not just parts, was the whole article. The famous ones: "designed in Germany" and the factory in Germany: "made in Germany". Leica's Adventure in Portugal is really an adventure! If we imagine half a dozen Germans arriving in Portugal, in the "70", without knowing how to speak Portuguese and the Portuguese without knowing how to speak German, and in the meantime learn to manufacture binoculars, and for four years. And with an attempt to occupy that place by communists in the middle... But, the Portuguese quality was so good that they decided to manufacture cameras and lenses!

[@andrewdale3695]

It looks good, but I still see little to tempt me to upgrade my M240, and at least 2 things to stop me (reduced battery life & no video). Still, with about 400,000 images on the clock, my 240 has got a good few years left in it yet!

[@3BMEP]

Continue to enjoy!

[@EnGee23]

“If you start cutting or cropping a good photograph, it means death to the geometrically correct interplay of proportions. Besides, it very rarely happens that a photograph which was feebly composed can be saved by reconstruction of its composition under the darkroom’s enlarger; the integrity of vision is no longer there.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson

[@3BMEP]

Understood. But this is not always the case, and we are committed to successfully preserving all of the elements of a photograph’s intent when we crop - or not crop at all. It is also the case that his iconic St. Lazare image was in fact cropped.

[@1dbjack]

Sold.

[@TheTuscaloosa]

Start saving or killing my mother in law. Just kidding 😂😂

[@3BMEP]

😜

[@martingreenberg870]

Which part are you kidding about? Nurse Marty

[@johnhjic2]

Smiling.

[@ccbphoto]

For the price one would expect autofocus, IBIS and two card slots. But I love the fact that it doesn't offer video...

[@jroviraphoto]

Lol you obviously don't know Leica

[@jamesvanderpool6079]

I gotta say... lack of talismanic efficiency has gotta be the most first world of first world nitpicks about anything I've heard in a long time. Credit where it's due though, your voice is the only one where I'd hear that item in a video and not wonder if I was still asleep.

[@3BMEP]

Credit where credit is due: you are absolutely right that talismanic efficient is a first world problem.

[@jamesvanderpool6079]

@@3BMEP Ha, a reply! Ty sir. Love listening to you wax poetic on the state of the camera industry. Slightly off topic, but how often did you use your SL 35 in the publication of your recent book, and have you found the experience as good as you felt when first committing to it?

[@3BMEP]

The SL35 arrived after the book. But it is magnificent. Then again, it’s also much bigger than a Summicron-M. I will have more to say about this over time, as I am still developing my feelings about the trade offs of each.

[@jamesvanderpool6079]

@@3BMEP Sounds like a classic "hold that thought..." moment if I ever heard one.

[@heidecker]

Oh damn sh***, I have just learnt how to colour my M10 Monochrom DNG's correctly by hand, applying glaze colours like in my ages-gone Ilford times...and now they bring out THIS? :-)

[@3BMEP]

😆

[@tomwestbrook]

I'm not so sanguine about Leica's rep, not in digital, at least, after having to spend $850 or so to replace the bad shutter for my M8 after only 13000 exposures. Or after hearing of the M9 sensor issue. If they are going to charge so much they should, at minimum, make good on their screw-ups.

[@michaelcampbell4503]

Great review for reading between the lines of the spoken words. Sounds like you weren't that impressed with the R then Hugh. I struggle to understand Leica's positioning of its models relative to one another, needs clarity. Leica could be the Porsche of the camera market and totally dominate the premium and super-premium market if its positioning was clearer and its entry point lower, they already have the brand cachet, a clear patent advantage in lens technology and superior product/build quality - its just increasingly difficult to see who each type of Leica camera is aimed at. When does a Sofort user become a V/D/C Lux user become a Q user become an X user become a CL user become an M user become a SL user? Way too complex! Also as you say, the Visoflex, as an essential addition for those with ageing eyes, is a joke as an accessory in its total lack of design integration and low performance. Still I guess the next model will be the M11 or M10R-P with 40 MP and built in EVF and will be $1000 more than the M10-P...

[@tompitta3283]

The price is totally absurd. I would love to try this camera but no way at that price.

[@3BMEP]

Fair enough!

[@barryweiss4880]

With 40 megapixels, now may be the time to jump into “Leica World” .. been holding out..... whose gonna tell my wife?

[@3BMEP]

Not me! 😜🖖🏻

[@skateborg]

M is for Magical

[@azzalos]

Please make a new M that is smaller. No bigger than the size of the Leica MP. Even though it has come a long way, compared to my MP, the M10 looks much bulkier.

[@hartzogLovesScience]

Would you trade in your M10 for the M10R?

[@ALWH1314]

Maybe just my personal taste, M10P has warmer and more vibrant color than M10R, M10R color is closer to Q2, a bit “Japanese”.

[@3BMEP]

Thanks for weighing in!

[@jackmatthews9390]

Hugh, don’t you dare! ;-)

[@3BMEP]

😈

[@peterlemke3468]

What was that song lyric "Temptation is out to get me".

[@Hjjshycybe]

I think using M10-R is equivalent to killing M10 and M10-P.Personally, I use a high-pixel camera, so I know very well that this is very harmful. Leica should come up with the new M11.The real reason is that sales are currently stagnant.?

[@jamesfansdesigncrossing4184]

Lolololololol for the ending

[@pietroscarpa2384]

Why am I watching this? I will never be able to afford this 😭

[@CarlJohnFranzMusic]

I've just put a kidney on ebay, can't wait!

[@3BMEP]

😜

[@frankberlin8084]

Im looking the original at leica 😎😎😎😎 - The woman is convinced - I have to decide whether to sell the Panasonic s1r with accessories and then ... Leica here I come - your picture holly shit ...

[@Boxer1250RT]

As someone who actually owned M Camera and lenses - unlike the keyboard cowboys - the biggest problem is the Price Tag. Leica should have achieved this kind of improvement with a reduced price tag, not increased. They are becoming untouchable due to the crazy stupid pricing. I walked out of 5 Guys because they jacked up a single patty burger to over $9 with no fries and drink. I got the $7, number 1 at Chick Fillet with coke and fries. That's what Leica needs. Be accessible to more people. No one is expecting a $1,000 M and a $500 M lens, but a $5,000 M 10 with 35mm Summicron would save them from selling more shares to Hedge Funds. Leica buyers are disappearing like the Harley buyers. No Millennial will spend $8,000 for a Camera and another $5,000 for a decent M Lens. Germans think that their $shit won't stink and they can get anything they ask for. Wrong!!!

[@3BMEP]

You make a couple of valid points. Please edit for civility.

[@peterlemke3468]

No need to be objective about the things you love Hugh. BTW l hear Claudia has hidden your credit cards again.

[@3BMEP]

The key is using hers! 😜

[@chandreo]

Like your video and your personal approach to the M. However Henri Cartier-Bresson, an M user if there is one, he was against cropping, as cropping is like if Picasso cuts into his canvas,! I’m old enough (56) to use film (M3) and digital (M-E 240) to be able to frame and get closer or further to compose when I take the moment. That for me is M. Here is an interesting article about HCB and cropping: www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/tips/040_cropping_thoughts.htm By the way I love your channel, thanks for your thoughts. André

[@kubowich]

However, unlike HCB, other legends of photography had no problem with cropping…for example Elliott Erwitt or Josef Koudelka. And honestly, I like their work even a slight bit more than HCB

[@nastynate838]

the price is rather offensive

[@mariogpx2990]

If you own a M10 or M10P there’s no reason to upgrade , there’s no real reason to do that , it’s just a camera for a new Leica M users who wants the new from Leica.

[@ThePhotofit]

I am barren of money to afford this camera. I am Leica virgin.

[@nelsonclub7722]

And there it is. $10,000.00 of lovely gorgeousness. Literally in black and white. Your slow meaningful monochromatic, monographic artfully considered and wonderfully executed intro has done something bad. See I'm not sure if I should be placed under psychiatric restraint at Broadmoor Mental Institution on the Isle Of Wight (UK), or try harder to convince my wife that we need one, which we don't. Under normal circumstances it goes a bit like this. We need a new camera. And after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing putting some shelves up, trip to the tip, walk the cat etc, I manage to demonstrably put forward a very convincing argument on exactly how this new thing, whatever it is, will increase our turnover massively, create huge profit margins which of course it never does, your Honour, but after a while I get the go ahead to purchase it anyway. And when I do this is more or less the precise moment guilt and regret fight it out with reason common sense and eventually the wrong one wins and it ends up on ebay for a tenth of its original value somewhere in the world where no doubt another argument will ensue because of it. But this is different. This is in a whole new league of different, this is special because this is not a need at all. This is a 'want'. A must have, a necessary addition for absolutely no reason at all. There is no business case to be put, no sanitised facts and figures to present no profit and loss charts, no lawns to be cut, trash to be taken out or cats to be washed. We are in a new territory with no birthdays on the horizon and if I don't choose my next words carefully, it could well be no birthdays at all. "Honey...you know I really love you don't you.......?" If I you do not hear back from me, you will know how that went......wish me luck...I'm going to definitely 'need' that!!!

[@3BMEP]

Generous, kind, funny, self-aware - thank you: you just made our day!

[@tareq3357]

iPhone 8 + more than enough for me

[@3BMEP]

Enjoy!

[@tareq3357]

Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions Always

[@shot2death876]

You walk round in the dark with one of those cameras? Noting your post production where so much can be changed using a lot cheaper camera system why would anybody want to buy an overpriced system and then have to work on post production to get good images? At those prices you should not need post production the camera should do it all! Are the end images really any better than a Fuji or Nikon etc.?

[@mikeyestrada1674]

Idk why ppl are happy about this’d just buy a Sony a7riiii that can beat this camera in tech. Leica is just behind now in tech and only focus on jacking up the price and creating hype. Remember ppl you can buy a Sony r5 and a Sony a7riiii for the price of this camera.

[@sauzeeee]

I'd say it's a different, more primitive approach to shooting since it's a rangefinder. As you said, Leica is lagging in terms of tech, but from what i see, the tech does not burden the users and hinder them from the joys of photography. But then one would ask, why not just use a phone or a point & shoot? Well, it all boils down to one simple point: the red circle on the camera for flexing. And the color science of course, but no one cares about that eh. Though if i have extra disposable income , i'd pick a film Leica.

[@drthompson65]

Sure thanks put me in divorce court!

[@3BMEP]

😜

[@cheesun124]

Huh :)