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2018-09-21T10:10:39
First and foremost this is a Leica. Therefore, I’m not going to contrast MP 10 to other camera brands. You either want the Leica experience or you do not. Having said that, I will contrast that to my previous Leica 240. As an aside, I used film Leicastoremiami prior to the 240. The MP 10 is more and less in all the best ways. The 240 was a great camera, but it was larger than previous Leicas. The 240 provided full HD movie recordings and 3 FPS shooting. The 240 has a complex 6 button and cursor navigation menu on the back that is not entirely intuitive or fast. Now the MP 10. The body is back in shape, very close to the old film cameras. The HD movie feature has been eliminated. Not a problem as I never used it. The navigation was greatly improved. We now have 3 buttons and a touch screen making adjustments easy and intuitive (pinch and squeeze or expand to zoom in and out). ISO now has a dedicated knob on the body (ala film Leica). Continuous shooting is now up to 5 FPS and ISO sensitivity is improved to 50000. Another improvement is the nearly silent shutter (the 240 wasn’t loud but it was noticeable over the earlier film camera). For me these advances were worth the upgrade. If I had the M10, probably not, unless you have some disposable income.
chris i.
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Leica M10, compact digital view and range finder system camera
Leica M bayonet with additional sensor for 6-bit coding
Leica M lenses, Leica R lenses can be used with an adapter (available as an accessory)
CMOS chip, active surface approx. 24 x 36mm
DNG: 5976 x 3992 pixels (24MP), JPEG: 5952 x 3968 pixels (24MP)
DNG (raw data, compressed loss-free), JPEG
DNG: 20-30 MB, JPEG: Depending on resolution and picture content
2GB / 16 pictures in series
Automatic, manual, 8 presets, color temperature input
SD cards up to 2GB/SDHC cards up to 32GB/SDXC cards up to 2TB
German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Korean
Exposure metering through the lens (TTL), with working aperture;
For metering the light reflected by light blades of the 1st shutter curtain onto a measuring cell: Strong center-weighted; for metering on the sensor: Spot, center-weighted, multi-field metering
At room temperature and normal humidity for ISO 100, at aperture 1.0 EV-1 to EV20 at aperture 32. Flashing of the left triangular LED in the viewfinder indicates values below the metering range
ISO 100 to ISO 50000, adjustable in 1/3 ISO increments from ISO 200, choice of automatic control or manual setting
Choice of automatic shutter speed control with manual aperture preselection - aperture priority A, or manual shutter speed and aperture setting
Via accessory shoe with central and control contacts
Optionally triggered at the 1st or 2nd Shutter curtain
= 1/180s; slower shutter speeds can be used, if working below sync speed: Automatic changeover to TTL linear flash mode with HSS compatible Leica system flash units
Using center-weighted TTL pre-flash metering with Leica flash units (SF40, SF64, SF26), or flash units compatible with the system with SCA3502 M5 adapter
2 silicon photo diodes with collection lens on the camera base
+/-3EV in 1/3EV increments
Using flash symbol LED
Large, bright line frame viewfinder with automatic parallax compensation
3"
Calibrated to -0.5 dpt.; corrective lenses from -3 to +3 diopter available
By activating two bright lines each: For 35 and 135mm, or for 28 and 90mm, or for 50 and 75mm; automatic switching when lens is attached.
The horizontal and vertical difference between the viewfinder and the lens is automatically compensated according to the relevant distance setting, i.e. the viewfinder bright-line automatically aligns with the subject detail recorded by the lens.
At a range setting of 2m, the bright-line frame size corresponds exactly to the sensor size of approx. 23.9 x 35.8mm; at infinity setting, depending on the focal length, approx. 7.3% (28mm) to 18% (135mm) more is recorded by the sensor than indicated by the corresponding bright line frame and slightly less for shorter distance settings than 2m
0.73x
Split or superimposed image range finder shown as a bright field in the center of the viewfinder image
50.6mm (mechanical measurement basis 69.31mm x viewfinder magnification 0.73x)
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MP 10 vs 240
By chris i.
First and foremost this is a Leica. Therefore, I’m not going to contrast MP 10 to other camera brands. You either want the Leica experience or you do not. Having said that, I will contrast that to my previous Leica 240. As an aside, I used film Leicastoremiami prior to the 240. The MP 10 is more and less in all the best ways. The 240 was a great camera, but it was larger than previous Leicas. The 240 provided full HD movie recordings and 3 FPS shooting. The 240 has a complex 6 button and cu...
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