Story | Chen Xuying
Since 2017, Leica has unveiled the M10, M10-P, M10-D and M10 Monochrom one after the other. The latest, the M10-R, has been upgraded to 40 megapixels.
CMOS image sensor is used in the M10-R instead of the monochrome image sensor, to enable colour or monochrome photos.
The monochrome image sensor has given way to a colourful CMOS, giving the M10-R greater photo-editing capabilities other than shooting monochrome images.
Pull up the iSO dial to make adjustments.
The M10-R resembles the M10-P, with a hand-assembled, all-metal body, a three-inch TFT LED, a Maestro II processor and a manual-focus rangefinder. The top of the M10-R features a shutter and an ISO dial, which has to be pulled out to turn. Settings, exposure compensation, white balance and other settings are controlled through the touch screen.
The M10-R resembles the M10-P in form.
The M10-R supports up to 4.5 fps with 2GB buffer memory for bursts of 10 frames for off-the-cuff shooting. The longest timed exposure is 16 minutes.
The 1,300mah battery offers more juice than many mirrorless interchangeable-lense cameras.
Camera type: Compact digital view and rangefinder system camera
Lens attachment: Leica M
Sensor: 4,089 pixels, 24×36mm full-frame Cmos Image proCessor: maestro II
File Format: DNG (RAW 14bit compressed loss-free, JPEG (8bit)
Resolution: 7,864×5,200 (DNG 40,89mp)/7,840×5,184 (JPEG 40,64mp)
Picture series: 4.5fps
Buffer memory: 2GB/10 pictures in series.
White Balance: automatic, manual, eight presets, manual colour temperature control
Shutter speeds: 1/4,000 to 960 seconds (16 minutes), supports 2nd shutter
Metering modes: multi-zone metering, centre–weighted metering, selective metering
Sensitivity range: ISO 100 to ISO 50.000
US $8,295
