Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Peter~! On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 10:46 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Richard, I'm so happy to hear you've got an M10. We were all horrified > to hear of your car fire and the loss of your camera. And of course, > very happy that you and your family were not hurt. > > I'm totally with you regarding the M10 being the perfect digital M. > Unlike the earlier color digital Ms, it hits all the sweet spots for an > M camera, as many of us have always used them. A landscape photographer > might prefer its higher resolution successors, but you've got your > big-@$$... excuse me, large format cameras for that. :-) > > Enjoy your "gently used" M10, and post pictures! > > --Peter > > > Richard Man wrote: > > > I lost my trusty M9 in a car fire earlier in the year. While I use > mainly > > 4x5 / Hassy for portraits and landscapes, the M is still my go to > camera - > > I mean, the iPhone 13 is really good, but it's not the same. > > > > So last week, I reluctantly sold my Monochrom, which I had only gotten > at > > the beginning of the year, and with the help of "6 months interest free > > credit", bought the most beat-up M10 I could find to drive the cost > as low > > as possible. Some collectors would call it "trash condition" but it just > > has some nicks here and there. No biggie. > > > > I think the M10 is the perfect digital M. The ISO1600 and 3200 images > are > > very clean. 24MP is plenty enough for what I need it for. The body > > ergonomics are just so much better than the M9 series. Back in 2004 > when I > > got my first M, I remember wondering why anyone would complain about the > > difference of a few millimeters between some M6 models and others. > Well, a > > few (1?) mm difference of the M9 body thickness does make a difference > to > > me, so I guess I had become a bona-fide Leica snob ;-P > > > > I missed the Monochrom "colors" terribly though. Fortunately, I found > a set > > of "M9-like B&W Conversion" Lightroom presets and the converted > results do > > look quite good. > > > > I Love it. I think the M7 is the perfect film M, and the M10 is the > perfect > > digital M. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard http://imagecraft.com