[Leica] No Top Ramen....The downside to a RF-LESS M....

[Frank Filippone]

Leica just announced their new M model. without a rangefinder.  It uses 
regular old 1953 era M lenses.

No RF?  How do you focus it?

I guess you could hold the camera at arm's length and focus off the LCD 
screen in the back.......

Good luck with that!

What Leica has done is to recommend the focus  peaking function.

Is this good?  It depends on you... to me it is not good.  If you own a 
Nocti, not even close.....

And in the long run this will be the basic debated issue..... how to 
focus this camera.

Maybe thinking of it as a camera that uses ground glass focusing will be 
my redemption?

OTOH, this is precisely the way I focus my M glass on my Sony A7riv 
body...... More thought is necessary.

Nice 5.76MP VF device.... that is good and may make my solution viable.

Check out this review, start at 6:50 minutes in the video..... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaftOvsFL9o

BTW, no IBIS.  A shame.

I guess I do not have to eat Top Ramen for the next few years to afford 
one......

Maybe the M11 with IBIS IS the ultimate Leica?

For that, I can see an exclusive diet of Top Ramen.....and wait, and 
wait, and wait.

Or just use my M glass on my Sony...... specs are remarkably 
similar..... and I can save about $5,000

Hmmmmmmmm

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Frank Filippone bmwred735i at gmail.com