New Camera : Leica M-D (typ 262), Digital Rangefinder Camera Without LCD Screen
Handy, back to basic and No Mainstream, Its the philosophy of Leica on the Launching event of Leica M-D (typ 262). When the other cameras are racing to make camera with touchscreen LCD that we can rotate to the front for selfie, Instead Leica just lauching the camera without LCD Screen at all.
Leica want to introducing the shooting sensation with rangefinder without the feature which is not necessary. This camera will bring back photographer feels like shooting with Leica M on 80's until 90s, but of course the recording media has been changed with censor digital and memory card.
This camera offering the very simply camera, Leica hope that the photographer will more focusing and more concern to make best photo better than keep busy to look at the result in LCD screen. The camera design is also unique and consistent with M Series of Leica before : simply, strong, elegant, and look expensive.
To fulfill the simply and essential principle above, Leica do some things like this :
- They dump the LCD scree from the back and replace with ISO control wheel
- They dump the video feature that was featured on Leica M ( typ 240)
- They always consistent using rangefinder principle ( it means manual focus)
- There are only control wheel in camera body : Shutter speed-ISO-Mode ( the aperture is chosen by lens). No more button except On-Off Button.
If you are the big fans of Leica Rangefinder, the brave decision of this Germany camera maker maybe isn't so surprise, because Leica have to make product differentiation from retro camera booming on market today , such as : Olympus PEN-F, Fuji X Cameras and etc.
Because there's no LCD screen, photo file which is made in Censor will directly send to the memory in DNG (RAW Standard) every time we press the shutter, and the photo result can only opened by RAW Editor Software such as Lightroom and Photoshop. So there's no time to check the result instantly like the other digital camera. Our eyes are focused on subject in front of camera and of course you don't spend your time to check the LCD scree because there isn't exist.
Beside simply and essential, Leica M-D will featured by shutter sound which is so quite. In specification, Leica M-D featured the full frame censor with 24 Megapixel , and ISO range 200-6400 and the body is strengthen by brass in above and bottom part.
Camera like this is a niche product, product that was made to supply the fanatic small market. Moreover with the very expensive price for body only ($ 6000). But there are always people who will buy Leica M-D product, because Leica is Leica. And for them who buy the Leica M Camera Series , they must be know the best deal to get this expensive camera.
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