M10-D mini-review

[Jack]

WARNING: Play nice folks, lest a few of you get a timeout...

IOW carry on KINDLY, and know the mods are watching and will moderate all offenders if/when things get out of hand...

 

[Bob]

As I am watching too from Canterbury.
I also had a chance to handle the camera at Jono’s Home and actually it is a lot more comfortable than a thumbs-up that plugs up the hot shoe. So if you like carrying your camera that way it is a real good option. If not then I guess you might scratch your head and wonder.
-bob

 

[DB5]

Back to the M10-D ... Wrote this on another forum:

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G

Good points but I suspect it won't call for drastic Dremel tool action. I'm sure it will be removable same as you can with a film M body.

 

[Godfrey]

Good points but I suspect it won't call for drastic Dremel tool action. I'm sure it will be removable same as you can with a film M body.

I imagine it will be, but I suspect I'd want to fill the space left when you remove it with something. Either reshape the lever into a ring or shape an appropriately sized bit of material to fit in its place.

G

 

[Ai_Print]

WARNING: Play nice folks, lest a few of you get a timeout...

IOW carry on KINDLY, and know the mods are watching and will moderate all offenders if/when things get out of hand...

If directed at me, I apologize.

I am just a bit irritated at how Leica spends their profits on flashy new special editions and looney things like faux film levers when the tool I need for my job could be months away from being fixed.

It was never my intention to "Hijack" the thread, Godfrey merely asked me a question and then I responded and folks flipped out.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

I suspect I'd want to fill the space left when you remove it with something. Either reshape the lever into a ring or shape an appropriately sized bit of material to fit in its place.

G

Here's where I expect to hear from Technical Match, who created three kinds of shutter button, any day now. (Tom Abrahamsson is no longer with us and as an M2 lover would not sympathize.)

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

M10-Ds are in circulation now.

Mine showed up a day or two ago, and I see some street shots from Irakly Shanidze on the LUF with his new -D. Here are some that I took in the last day or two:

L1008451 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

L1008459 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

L1008478 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

[airfrogusmc]

If directed at me, I apologize.

I am just a bit irritated at how Leica spends their profits on flashy new special editions and looney things like faux film levers when the tool I need for my job could be months away from being fixed.

It was never my intention to "Hijack" the thread, Godfrey merely asked me a question and then I responded and folks flipped out.

I think that if these special editions weren't making money they (Leica) certainly would not do them. I feel if these special editions help keep Leica in the black and they then can produce cameras like the M 10 and the MM then it's all good. I would never buy one of these special edition cameras but I really don't care if they produce them. I would even say if it helps them making MMs, M 10s and film cameras then it's a good thing. I just won't buy one any collectors item because these are tools for me. Not something to be put on a shelf.

Just like I will not buy this D model. I will be picking up another M 10 before the end of the year though for the biz. I haven't shot with the new M 10 D but it seems to me that this thumb rest is kinda like a thumbs up that you can move out of the way if you do not want to use it. If you don't like it the best protest to a company is vote with your $$$$. Don't buy it.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

If you need to complain about special editions, go to the thread on "only 60 copies." The M10-D isn't a special edition. It's just an M10-P with the controls largely offloaded to your phone or to a viewfinder, neither of which is needed to take pictures. I'm getting good use out of mine, and using it in challenging conditions.

L1008510 Panorama by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr M24/2.8 asph ISO 6400

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Would it have been more simple for the camera to sync the time with the phone through the app? That’s how I would’ve designed it... along with being able to format cards in the camera through the app.

The FOTOS app does both of those things. Since 1.0.1 in iOS and 1.0.2 in Android.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Another M10-D shot under fairly extreme conditions

Shot under a single streetlight, and rendered in B/W to give the feeling of an Elliot Landy album cover from the 1960s:

L1008716 1 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr M10-D ISO 6400 [email protected]/1.4

Not knowing if you got it until the pictures are downloaded is a bit stressful (I knew I got it) but fun.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

By candlelight

Last night of Hanuka:

L1009248 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr M10-D M apo-50 SC

L1009245 2 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr (auto-WB)

and we don't need no steenkin' histogram!

 

[jdphoto]

I've had several film Leica's and never once used the rewind lever as a "thumbs up" grip. Do people actually hold a Leica that way?

 

[ptomsu]

I've had several film Leica's and never once used the rewind lever as a "thumbs up" grip. Do people actually hold a Leica that way?

Occasionally they do - I did so with all my film Leica's :thumbs: and I loved it!

 

[Vivek]

Neck strap to secure the camera, left hand on the lens to focus, right hand to trip the shutter- the average “normal” operation.

I've had several film Leica's and never once used the rewind lever as a "thumbs up" grip. Do people actually hold a Leica that way?

 

[Godfrey]

Not I.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Sometimes, especially when taking a vertical, but more often I use all that nice leather-covered back of the camera to hold onto. And when I am using a heavy lens and between shots, I am more likely to hold the camera in one hand, with my hand under both camera and lens, thumb on top of the lens keeping the lens cap from falling off.

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Irakly Shanidze has added a short commentary on the M10-D on his website:
Leica M10-D. The Cutting Edge Old School – ART PHOTO ACADEMY

He concentrates on exposures in very bad light and shooting somewhat predictable action in dance since these would seem to be challenges. He liked it (but I suspect he had to send it back to Leica when his time was up).

Incidentally, there are some copies in stock again, for example, I saw one listed at Popflash.

I'm enjoying mine. Used it as the principal camera on a recent trip to Spain. I tend to keep the thumb-rest winding lever out, but hold it primarily by gripping the front and back of the camera, with my right hand through a triple-loop of bog-standard Leica strap, which I attached with the ends going down and the triple loop already made. When the strap is over my shoulder, there are twists in it, but for one-hand operation it works great.

C1090947 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr CL60/[email protected]/8

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Hummus with various breads

(the falafel is optional) has become a "thing."

L1009935 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr M10-D APO28/2.8

It even comes with gluten-free breads (the humus and falafel themselves have no gluten).

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Grab shot, our tortoise-shell cat, Tai, and Friedlander's "American Monuments."

L1009963 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

M10-D, M24/2.8 asph @f/5.6