6 thoughts on “Hello Leica! …500 calling you for CCD.”
500…it was only 400 a couple of weeks ago!
I did have a read of your “thread” the other day and after 10 minutes left it with confirmation I’ve done the right thing and cut myself loose from that type of discussion.
Well done Peter by following your beliefs and “asking the question” … who is interested in CCD!
I do miss my MM!
Thank you Andrew, for being here from the beginning.
Steve Huff put a pretty good argument in the other direction, anyway I think I will buy a 2nd body M8 or M9 to add to my M240 and do a Andy and cut loose from the discussion.
Ah, the Huff effect! That’s good. I hope Leica do it. They might just be mad enough to!
There are so many variables that make up a photograph, but I do often see images from the M240 that are ‘thin’, if you catch my drift. Same problem with the Fujis. It’s not always like that but that’s my take.
Back in the day, I was told by one photographer that some wedding photographers he knew preferred the Nikon D1 than the high-end Canon, even though the latter had more pixels. The D1 had more of a film-like quality. Another wedding photographer, years later, said that he noticed something quite special about the D200’s files compared to the D300’s. I think I agree with all that, but those cameras are completely useless now, either way.
When people talk about the differences between sensors, they aren’t making it up. That much I am convinced of.
In any case, Leica can’t lose by having both a CCD M and a CMOS M. They already do have such a line-up, after all.
I had another thought: remember the 300 at Thermopylae. They lost that battle, but paved the way for eventual victory by the Greek army. 🙂
Prosophos 
500…it was only 400 a couple of weeks ago!
I did have a read of your “thread” the other day and after 10 minutes left it with confirmation I’ve done the right thing and cut myself loose from that type of discussion.
Well done Peter by following your beliefs and “asking the question” … who is interested in CCD!
I do miss my MM!
Thank you Andrew, for being here from the beginning.
In the last 24-48 hrs, there have been a flurry of additional signatures because of Steve Huff’s Post about My Open Letter to Leica.
Steve Huff put a pretty good argument in the other direction, anyway I think I will buy a 2nd body M8 or M9 to add to my M240 and do a Andy and cut loose from the discussion.
Ah, the Huff effect! That’s good. I hope Leica do it. They might just be mad enough to!
There are so many variables that make up a photograph, but I do often see images from the M240 that are ‘thin’, if you catch my drift. Same problem with the Fujis. It’s not always like that but that’s my take.
Back in the day, I was told by one photographer that some wedding photographers he knew preferred the Nikon D1 than the high-end Canon, even though the latter had more pixels. The D1 had more of a film-like quality. Another wedding photographer, years later, said that he noticed something quite special about the D200’s files compared to the D300’s. I think I agree with all that, but those cameras are completely useless now, either way.
When people talk about the differences between sensors, they aren’t making it up. That much I am convinced of.
In any case, Leica can’t lose by having both a CCD M and a CMOS M. They already do have such a line-up, after all.
I had another thought: remember the 300 at Thermopylae. They lost that battle, but paved the way for eventual victory by the Greek army. 🙂