- Leica M11-V could possibly be probably the most inexpensive M sequence mannequin but
- New leak claims it’ll have 64GB of inner storage and 60MP full-frame sensor
- Digital viewfinder set to exchange iconic rangefinder
A brand new leak could have revealed the attention-grabbing options we are able to count on from the upcoming Leica M11-V – and has additionally seemingly confirmed that it will likely be the legendary producer’s first M sequence mannequin to return with out the long-lasting rangefinder element.
Leica Rumors has posted what seems to be a advertising data web page in regards to the rumored digicam which, if real, helps earlier claims that the M11-V can be changing a rangefinder with an digital viewfinder.
That is prone to be a controversial resolution amongst Leica aficionados – probably the digicam world’s most vocal, devoted and opinionated fanbase. In spite of everything, the “Messsucher” (the German phrase for a mixed rangefinder and viewfinder) is what provides the M sequence its identify.
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I’ve already written an op-ed pre-emptively opining the rangefinder’s loss, however this current leak has left me a lot happier in regards to the M11-V launch – as a result of it appears to be like set to be Leica’s most inexpensive M sequence mannequin but.
A view to a less expensive M sequence?
The present Leica M11, a part of a legendary sequence of digital cameras that makes use of a rangefinder for composing photographs and guide focusing. (Picture credit score: Leica)
The rangefinder mechanism is the costliest element on a Leica M digicam, so changing it with an digital viewfinder will enormously cut back manufacturing prices.
Add in the truth that the leak says the digicam will provide simply 64GB of built-in reminiscence (the prevailing Leica M11-P, by comparability, has 256GB storage), and it appears that evidently we’re an ‘entry-level’ Leica M. I put the time period in citation marks as a result of I consider it’ll nonetheless be a premium digicam, identical to any digicam with the crimson dot emblem – however I nonetheless suppose it’ll be inexpensive by Leica M requirements.
The leak says the Leica M11-V’s EVF shall be 5.7MP in decision and 0.5-inches in dimension, with a 0.76x magnification and diopter compensation.
It additionally mentions a brand new FN button for viewfinder management (most likely to pick totally different body sizes by way of digital zoom), a “puristic” design (clear strains, as a result of lack of a rangefinder window), the Maestro III picture processor and a 60MP full-frame BSI sensor – the identical core imaging setup because the one discovered on the usual Leica M11, then.
The leak additionally states that the M11-V shall be manufactured in Germany, lest followers fear about Leica outsourcing manufacturing to the Far East to economize.
The choice to drop the rangefinder on the Leica M11-V gained’t be universally in style, but when it places the M sequence throughout the vary of extra customers it might finally show to be a sensible one.
In fact, many will declare that it isn’t an actual M sequence digicam with out that rangefinder, however I’m trying ahead to discovering out for myself how this digicam feels to make use of.
