Comments on: Hands On With The New Leica M: Video Review Shows All The Bells and Whistles Of Leica’s New Beauty

By: Martin Rotaveria

Martin Rotaveria — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:35:00 +0000

The 7d is ok for filming but demands a lot of post to grade and fix artifacts. I am saving my pennies for a Blackmagic Cinema Camera.
The Leica looks awesome for pictures but for me it’s very far to be a contender in the affordable video/cine battle.

By: Dan Stone

Dan Stone — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:03:00 +0000

there goes leica :( maybe un-popular saying this but just dont like it, its now same as every other camera…… yay live view?! just like my mobile and point and shoot….. evf…they are great for messing up your eyes, all these new cameras are making me want to go deeper into film…. and i started on digital! sorry for trolling but not my cuppa especially for the price

By: HoManCheung

HoManCheung — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:04:00 +0000

that’s the beauty of attachments….you can always detach :P the EVF is wierd though…i mean it has that great rangefinder VF

By: Greg Cary

Greg Cary — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:47:00 +0000

It’s a black box box that takes pictures and is way overpriced

By: KyleSanders

KyleSanders — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:22:00 +0000

Watch out T2i/D3100! With the EVF, grip, and R-lenses it does remind me a bit of the digital back for the R8 – “we’ll give the customers what they say they want, but in the way we want to do it”. I always got the impression that Leica position was that if you want an SLR, go for the S system. Smaller? M or X systems.

By: KyleSanders

KyleSanders — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:18:00 +0000

How do you like the 7D for filming? It seems like it’s right in the “not too big, not too small” sweet spot. Don’t get me started on a rant, but that was one of the frustrations of working on the 5D2 – no HDMI out while recording, supposedly because of the single processor. On one hand, I think video is a silly add-on feature for an M Leica – a system that is founded on taking minimalism to a near fault. On the other hand – with a CMOS sensor and live view, you are already most of the way to video, you just need to save the output data-stream.

By: Martin Rotaveria

Martin Rotaveria — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:10:00 +0000

Thanks for your reply i wasnt taking into account the rotational inertia of a small camera like this one.
I have a 7d which has double the mass of this one and with a 24.70 it has wobbling but not as big as this one.

By: Gary Martin

Gary Martin — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:35:00 +0000

These cameras are so overpriced.

By: Popescu Vasile

Popescu Vasile — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:34:00 +0000

just ridiculous… look, there is live view, look, it’s making movie, look, it’s making pictures. And one more thing, show me a leika after 3-4 hundred thounsand pictures, to see how it handle the wear

By: Garrett Graham

Garrett Graham — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:30:00 +0000

I found that whole video a bit annoying and did not provide a lot of detail )-: