On Oct 26, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 25/10/18, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I agree about the "advance" lever. That kind of tat is beneath Leica >> (or should be). >> >> I also notice: Unlike the PIXII, the M10-D does accept standard >> memory cards. And it uses DNG as its native raw format. >> >> This is officially the first leica that's ever interested me. > > Worth a gllmpse of Kai Wong trying it out... > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-u3AoSV5e4>
Kao is always reasonably entertaining, and it's good to see him enjoying a Leica M. He does get into a bit overmuch on the Focusing stuff ... most M users in good light like that will set f8 and the zone they want and not touch the focus at all unless they move in or want a broader distance view. The other minor but significant thing I notice in all these reviews is that they always say the camera is trying to be a "analog" ... aka "film" ... camera in feel and use, even Leica themself does that. I think the notion is too broad. Film or digital is irrelevant: I want my Leica M to feel and work like a Leica M always did. That's much more specific and concrete. It's not how my Nikon F felt and works, nor my Rolleiflex EX, etc. A Leica M from 1953 to the first Leica digital M always felt pretty much the same. The M8 and M9 series lost a lot of the responsiveness, regained in the typ 240 going forward. All the digital models but for the M Edition 60, the M-D, and this new M10-D have a different feel because of the LCD and all the buttons on the back that my fingers have to work their way around: these three models, with those unnecessary bits absent, now feel like a Leica M always did, to me. The thumb rest? Ach: never used a film wind lever like that to begin with. If I happen to buy this camera, I'll remove it. :-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
