Update on my last Leica M10 camera Q&A post regarding the missing spirit level/virtual horizon: I received several confirmations that Leica will put back this feature in one of the upcoming M10 firmware updates (probably will not be part of the upcoming 1.0.2.0).
Update: I received some conflicting information on this rumor, so we should see if this will happen.
During the last two weeks I received many questions regarding the new Leica M10 camera. I will try to answer them all in this Q&A post. If you have any additional questions, please add them in the comment section and I will update this post. Here are the Q&A:
→ New ONA Bond Street leather camera bag and Kyoto wrist strap released.
→ There will be a Leica M lens adapter (pictured above) for the new Fuji GFX 50S medium format digital camera.
→ How durable is the Leica SL camera?
→ Another interview with Stefan Daniel and Jesko von Oeynhausen on the Leica M10.
→ Leica will be at WPPI (booth #643) from February 7-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
→ New photographic film announced from Ferrania and Bergger.
Next, the latest Leica related videos:
Some interesting eBay finds: the first one is a “scratched” Leica M9 camera with “deliberately made heavy scratches on top and base plate” for that special Lenny Kravitz limited edition look.
The second eBay find for today is this custom-made underwater housing for the Leica M240 camera by The Sexton Corporation. The housing is certified for depths of 41 meters and includes a set of 3 focus and aperture rings that fit 50mm, 35mm and 21mm lenses:
Match Technical announced two new ThumbsUp models for the Leica Q Titanium and Leica M10 cameras:
ThumbsUp EP-SQ2 Titan for the Leica Q Titanium gray camera: check pricing and availability at Popflash and Leica Store Miami.
ThumbsUp EP-MX for Leica M10: check pricing and availability at Popflash.
For the M10 model Leica created their own thumb support which has a lower profile compared to the ThumbsUp and works pretty well (check pricing and availability B&H | Adorama):
Leica CEO Oliver Kaltner at the Leica M10 launch event (by Enche Tjin with Leica SL)
Another interview from Enche Tjin/infofotografi.com, this time with Leica CEO Oliver Kaltner (read his previous M10 interview here)
According to this Facebook post posted a few weeks ago, the Ricoh GW-3 21mm wide-angle conversion lens first perfectly on the Leica Q camera. Here are two sample photos:
