If you’re in to your photography … the Lecia M-D (Typ 262) is one beautiful camera. Don’t ask me … just check out the specs yourself.
- Price: $5.995,00
- Leica M-Mount with extra sensor for 6-bit encoding Leica M Lens from 16 mm to 135 mm
- CMOS type, active area approx. 23,9 x 35,8 mm 5976 x 3992 pixels (24 MP)
- Dngtm (Raw data), Lossless compressed depending on the motive
- 1 GB SD Cards 2 GB / SDHC Memory Cards of up to 32 GB / SDXC Cards ISO 200 to ISO 6400, manual in ISO 1/3-levels adjustable
- Big, bright light framework-measuring Viewfinder with automatic Parallax-compensation.
“I can’t hold back: I have to take out my mockery stick and bash the Leica M-D with it. After all, at $6,000 (£4,650; Australia pricing unavailable, but that’s about AU$7,900) it’s not only more expensive than most other full-frame interchangeable-lens cameras, but it’s a more expensive version of the manual-focus-only Leica M (Typ 262) without a back LCD or the ability to shoot video. Instead, the ISO sensitivity dial takes a prominent place right the the middle of the camera back.
Then there are Leica’s tag lines for it: “A step back to the future.” (Oh, Leica, you had me at “A step back.”) “The joy of anticipation.” (Because nothing’s as fun as waiting till you’re at a computer to find out you’ve missed critical shots.)
… The basic specs are identical to the two-year-old Leica M, including a 24-megapixel CMOS sensor, reverse Galilean optical viewfinder with framing lines for different focal lengths and three frames-per-second continuous shooting for eight frames.”
Source: CNET
