YES!

[wstam]

Hi Lou (I see that how people address you), how do find the effectiveness of the rear bump thumb rest?

I was at Leica shop this afternoon and played with the new M for a short while. Didn't find the built in thumb rest provide a good grip to the body, especially now the new M is heavier. May be it's because I am too used to the "thumbie" (alternative to thumbsup) on my M9.

Thanks and have fun.

 

[algrove]

I don't know - but I suspect it might have been easier to let the punter do it than unpack all those boxes?

Has it arrived yet?
all the best
Jono

A bit of a muck up at the Leica Store.:thumbdown: They could not get Saturday delivery :facesmack: accepted by the UPS in-store computer :banghead: so...Tuesday :facesmack: (I hope). Had my local UPS store try to send a label :thumbup: he could generate for them :lecture: to just stick on the box :grin:, but their UPS pick up driver came early yesterday.:cussing:

So isn't it awful that I am going to have to "just" use my MM :thumbs: this weekend accentuated by the occasional M9 shots.

On to next week for the M :clap: :chug: :thumbs:. What's another few days as it's still "early 2013".:thumbup:

 

[algrove]

Well they're not going to ship pre-production hardware with glued in SD cards to customers, are they.

I'll let you know next week :talk028:

 

[monza]

I do believe that sets the record for emoticon usage. Has anyone ever tried to read the email notifications of such messages (grin banghead cussing)

 

[Guy Mancuso]

I think I'll charge you guys .25 cents per emoticon and in no time ill have enough money to get the new Leica . Damn not a bad idea. LOL

 

[algrove]

I do believe that sets the record for emoticon usage. Has anyone ever tried to read the email notifications of such messages (grin banghead cussing)

I couldn't resist since no matter what we tried it just was not mean't to be. :banghead: and :angry: and also :facesmack: with a little thrown in.

On to shooting so I can relax. :grin:

 

[algrove]

I think I'll charge you guys .25 cents per emoticon and in no time ill have enough money to get the new Leica . Damn not a bad idea. LOL

I guess I'm the guy who will be buying 2 new Leica M's now. And you are--:ROTFL:

 

[Double Negative]

LOL. Awesome post, Lou.

Though that really sucks about the delivery. Those moments leading up to actually having it in-hand can be a bitch. Should've seen me trying to get a hold of my Noctilux which was stuck in customs. LOL. Before long you'll be all like, "what's the big deal?" Savor the moment!

 

[algrove]

LOL. Awesome post, Lou.

Though that really sucks about the delivery. Those moments leading up to actually having it in-hand can be a bitch. Should've seen me trying to get a hold of my Noctilux which was stuck in customs. LOL. Before long you'll be all like, "what's the big deal?" Savor the moment!

How right you are. It's like :deadhorse:.

 

[algrove]

That Huff video is the closest I am going to get an M this weekend:scry:.

Did you see his cat shot with the M. Wow, that his sensationally sharp.:grin::clap::thumbs:

 

[jonoslack]

So isn't it awful that I am going to have to "just" use my MM :thumbs: this weekend accentuated by the occasional M9 shots.

On to next week for the M :clap: :chug: :thumbs:. What's another few days as it's still "early 2013".:thumbup:

:ROTFL:
Well, I'd like to say that I'm in a similar position . . . . waiting for it to arrive, but without any ability to check up when. There is added tension as I've also ordered a 35 'cron for Silas (to go with his lovely M6) , and he only asks me about 10 times a day whether it's arrived or not.

I don't even know what colour it's going to be - . . . . . and we're off to China in 10 days :wtf:

 

[6x7]

I think I'll charge you guys .25 cents per emoticon and in no time ill have enough money to get the new Leica . Damn not a bad idea. LOL

YES Guy, charge us… don't be too shy with your proposal..
why don't we all transfer guy/jack or the crew a dollar or five per item we sell on the forum ? or just for fun to see what happens. voluntarily..

don't intend to hijack this thread, but how about launching project: "GET GUY A NEW EMM" )

(or what ever he's lusting for at the moment…)

I'm curious if this could work…

paul

 

[chako]

Hi,just some test`Pictures Leica M 240....Regards Chako.

 

[Bob]

How do skin tones look?
On the web I haven't seen anything yet that looks good to me but that could also be processing.
-bob

 

[Vivek]

How do skin tones look?
On the web I haven't seen anything yet that looks good to me but that could also be processing.
-bob

In my eyes , NEX-6 can do this and perhaps better. In otherwords, absolutely nothing special about this Leica look.

 

[algrove]

Thanks Chako.

The lady's face in the top left shot has a bit of redness to it, but it could be the lighting, her embarrassment, her makeup, the cold weather, the processing (if any) or just the camera. This would be interesting to know Chako if any post processing was done OR did you set anything in the Menu which might affect the jpeg output.

Perhaps setting the jpeg saturation to a minus level instead of "standard" might help jpegs come out with less of a redness look. Or was this a conversion of a DNG file?

 

[chako]

The pictures are just out of the camera (DNG)

 

[edwardkaraa]

IMO, not bad for OOC unprocessed files. However, I still don't see the richness and depth of OOC M9 files. To me they look too digital, whatever that means.

 

[MCTuomey]

IMO, not bad for OOC unprocessed files. However, I still don't see the richness and depth of OOC M9 files. To me they look too digital, whatever that means.

Yes, what does "too digital" mean? I wonder myself. I never find myself saying "too filmic."

Anyway, the risk is that the harder I look, the more likely I will see exactly what I want to see and not what's there.

 

[edwardkaraa]

Yes, what does "too digital" mean? I wonder myself. I never find myself saying "too filmic."

Anyway, the risk is that the harder I look, the more likely I will see exactly what I want to see and not what's there.

Point taken! To be fair, I really like the high iso shots. It's the low iso ones that I'm not very keen on.