[Leica] How long 'till you get that new M-240?

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Do you work for Leica? No images have been released from the M(240) although 
I expect it will be wonderful, it has to oust the M9 after all ;-) Leica M 
lenses are some of the few which can win in pixel wars, 36MP has been 
reached and there has been talk of 50MP in FF sensors. If not pixel count 
then dynamic range has to be increased, preferably in camera rather than via 
software - +15 stops would be good..... 

I certainly hope my M9/MM will be working in another 5 years, still beats 
(for my use) the current opposition ;-)

Computers have reached the stage where a 2 year old one still has more power 
than most users need (my workstation is coming up to 4 years old!) and 
computer/software manufacturers are in trouble, cameras are also there for 
most people - no real reason to upgrade. Once you can print your desired 
print size (perhaps with a bit of cropping) at 300dpi what more do you need? 
I am not expecting to produce 40"x60" prints so (thankfully) not looking at 
MFD ;-)

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I do see this issue from both ends. I like the idea that the newest out 
> Leica
> that are just coming out are going to have some real legs. 5 or 10 years
> maybe more. But I feel that now at this point they have reached a
> culmination point of the digital M. how much better do they really need to 
> be
> next year?
> Sensor technology advances incrementally but those increments do add up.
> Its true the pic we did from our now current sensor makes an image which
> we love is solid and we hang on the wall. Looks great next week year too!.
> But when the level goes up on the sensors as the years go by the image on
> our wall does not disentrigrate; become terrible.  Its as good as it ever 
> was.
> Its just not as good as the ones your doing now.
> With your cutting edge sensor.  Maybe just don't hang them right next to
> each other and you'll do fine. And if you're shooting at the very lowest 
> iso's in
> the sunlight or flash I'm sure the image is going to have longer legs. And 
> if its
> only a few hundred pixels long on an internet gallery its way less of an 
> issue.
> 
> 
> On 1/17/13 8:04 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Richard,
> >
> > I couldn't agree more - I bought my Canon 300D (Digital
> > Rebel) in 2004, and it's still as good as on the first day.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> > On 17.01.2013 11:27, Richard Man wrote:
> >> Not sure why digital necessarily mean short life. My E-3 is still
> >> going strong since 2008. My M9 is reaching 3rd anniversary.
> >>
> >> Files still look fantastic. No plan to change until they actually die.
> >>
> >>