Leica M10 Monochrom additional coverage:
→ On Leica’s M10 Monochrom, and the apogee of digital black and white photography.
→ Leica M10 Monochrome vs. Leica M Monochrom Typ 246.
→ The first Leica M1o Monochrom cameras are already listed for sale on eBay.
→ Leica Q3 camera concept with articulating screen and ISO dial on top – what do you think?
→ Leica Summit 20 tickets are now available (will take place in Switzerland).
→ 2020 Leica Oskar Barnack Award announced.
→ See what’s coming to the Ernst Leitz Museum.
photos by Vi Vante
I had the chance to play with the Zenit M camera and here is my report. The Zenit-M is basically an M240 without the 6bit code reader with small design cues from Zenit’s design firm. It’s completely made by Leica and calibrated by Leica. The Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens is 100% designed by Zenit with feedback from Leica. The camera software also was influenced by Zenit. For the camera kits, the lenses are sent to Germany and the camera is calibrated a 2nd time with the lens fitted and then packaged in Germany and sealed with their own Sicherband tape. Any warranty work on the camera will be handled by Leica – and the camera will be sent to Zenit who will send it to Leica and returned from Leica direct to the customer. Shipping costs on any valid warranty issue will be covered completely. In the US, the Zenit M camera and Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens can be purchased only at the Zenit.store.
Color photography with the Leica M10 Monochrom camera (M10M) by Onasj (see all previous posts by Onasj):
I just took one of the most color-accurate photos I’ve ever taken indoors.
I took it with the M10 Monochrom.
The result blew me away—I was expecting the experiment to work, but not to exceed the color accuracy of most of the digital cameras I’ve used in the past. Perhaps only the Phase One IQ3 Trichromatic output colors that were close in accuracy to these (but the M10M here was still better).
A draft of the Leica S3 medium format camera user manual was submitted for certifications with one of the government agencies. The full manual (draft) can be downloaded here. The Leica S3 camera was delayed and should be released this Spring. Here are a few screenshots from the manual:
Here are results from a side-by-side comparison of the Leica M10-P ($8,795) vs. the new Leica M10 Monochrom ($8,295) by Onasj (see all previous posts by Onasj):
