Above you can find a few Leica M10 unboxing pictures I took with my iPhone (thank you Leica Boutique Palm Beach for getting me one of the first Leica M10 in the US) and a new unboxing video from Tamarkin Camera:
Additional Leica M10 camera and accessories press photos (Leica M10 acessories pricing: B&H | Adorama | Leica Store San Francisco | Leica Store Miami):
Left: Finder mask with bright-line. Right: Attaching the roller-lever to the rangefinder
Installing the rangefinder assembly in the main body I
Installing the rangefinder assembly in the main body II
Contemporary sensor technology has facilitated a digital M that looks exceedingly like its analogue predecessors: lean and slender, the new M10 represents an M entirely geared towards digital rangefinder photography. To achieve this, a number of technical challenges had to be mastered.
Whenever Leica M customers were asked what they would like to see in a new model, a slimmer body was among the most frequently cited requests. From the M8 through to the M (Typ 240) and its sister models, digital M cameras have always been a few millimetres deeper than their analogue predecessors. And so the new M10 fulfils an ardent wish among M photographers, with dimensions that once again equal those of an analogue M. The previous discrepancies in size were borne out of technological limitations: in the M system the flange focal depth (the distance between mounting flange and image plane) is predetermined – and consequently, so is the position of the sensor. The latter requires a certain amount of space, as do the circuit boards and the display. An analogue M, by contrast, only has to accommodate the comparatively thin film, a pressure plate and the rear panel.
The Leica M10 camera is now officially announced. Shipping is starting right away – in fact I am going to pick up mine this afternoon from the Leica Boutique in Palm Beach. I will try to do a detailed report and post some sample photos later today or tomorrow.
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A list of Leica M10 reviews, sample photos and videos can be found here. Next are the M10 technical specifications and the full press release:
The Leica M10 event starts today at 1pm EST today in Wetzlar, Germany and I will try to cover as much as possible here in this post. The official announcement will happen at 3pm EST, but I am sure there will be some details coming from the event presentations. You can check also all previously reported M10 specifications and pictures here.
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Additional Leica M10 event coverage:
Here are the official press photos and translated specifications of the Leica M10 camera (detailed coverage of the announcement will start in few hours):
The Leica M10 camera will be announced in 24 hours (tomorrow around 3pm EST) during the official event in Wetzlar. Stay tuned on the blog for detailed coverage of the event. Few last moment updates:
More detailed information on the Leica M10 can be found here. Follow also the new Leica M10 Facebook group and Leica M10 Facebook page for additional coverage.
