05-10-2012, 10:31 PM
[quote name='Sylvain' timestamp='1336679470' post='18106']
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/05/10/Leica-announces-M-Monochrom-18MP-Full-Frame-Mono-Rangefinder#specs
Interesting !
[/quote]
Interesting, yes. But I d rather have Leica put their energy into developing ( or causing their supplier to develop) a color sensor which offers comparable performance to the Japanese makes. This monochrome camera, while a nice improvement over the M9, does not suggest any progess over the current sensor technology, since the iso and shaprness gains seem to be soley due to the shaving off the color filter array. Furthermore, the added sharpness is visible at a 100% but the M9 was already so good in the discipline that this improvement doesnt not seem very relevant to me.
On the other hand the M9, a camera which is so adapt to street shooting with fast glass, compact size, fast operation etc, woefully lacks an adaquate sensor which allows shooting at iso 1600 and above in good quality. Imagine a Porsche with a ford focus engine, thats the Leica M9 right now. And while I am at it, Leica, how a bout a modern, high res screen so that one can actually check the images for correct focus and exploit the sensors resoultion capabilities. Please, get the basics right before wasting time and money on some specialist tool that even fewer people may want to buy than an M9. Remember Leica you almost went bankrupt a couple of years ago, when you thought that mainstream was not your thing and you could easily ignore the digital competition. If you want to stay a premium brand with adaquate sales you must retain a certain competetivness, the brand name and good glass will not cut it alone. Now that the compettion (Fuji and Co.) have understood that compact mirrorless cameras are in demand, they will no longer leave this field to Leica alone. It would be really sad if one day Leica glass gave a better image on a fuji/canon/Nikon/sony camera than on a Leica camera. So again, please get the sensor in order.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/05/10/Leica-announces-M-Monochrom-18MP-Full-Frame-Mono-Rangefinder#specs
Interesting !
[/quote]
Interesting, yes. But I d rather have Leica put their energy into developing ( or causing their supplier to develop) a color sensor which offers comparable performance to the Japanese makes. This monochrome camera, while a nice improvement over the M9, does not suggest any progess over the current sensor technology, since the iso and shaprness gains seem to be soley due to the shaving off the color filter array. Furthermore, the added sharpness is visible at a 100% but the M9 was already so good in the discipline that this improvement doesnt not seem very relevant to me.
On the other hand the M9, a camera which is so adapt to street shooting with fast glass, compact size, fast operation etc, woefully lacks an adaquate sensor which allows shooting at iso 1600 and above in good quality. Imagine a Porsche with a ford focus engine, thats the Leica M9 right now. And while I am at it, Leica, how a bout a modern, high res screen so that one can actually check the images for correct focus and exploit the sensors resoultion capabilities. Please, get the basics right before wasting time and money on some specialist tool that even fewer people may want to buy than an M9. Remember Leica you almost went bankrupt a couple of years ago, when you thought that mainstream was not your thing and you could easily ignore the digital competition. If you want to stay a premium brand with adaquate sales you must retain a certain competetivness, the brand name and good glass will not cut it alone. Now that the compettion (Fuji and Co.) have understood that compact mirrorless cameras are in demand, they will no longer leave this field to Leica alone. It would be really sad if one day Leica glass gave a better image on a fuji/canon/Nikon/sony camera than on a Leica camera. So again, please get the sensor in order.