Leica’s Anniversary.

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As the 70th anniversary of the Leica M camera system nears, I just want to humbly suggest a digital remake as part of the celebration.

Prosophos Open Letter to Leica

(723 signatures — and counting)

The most popular digital M and the most sought after digital M — the Leica M9.

 

I also hope they do something to commemorate the granddaddy M, the Leica M3:

 

3 thoughts on “Leica’s Anniversary.

  1. Afternoon Peter, I’m still photographing with my M-E and still enjoy the files that it creates. I know you did not care for some of the colors, especially skin tones. A while back I began using an UV/IR Cut Filter on my lenses and feel this has helped with skin tones. And then there’s the improvements to Lightroom Classic that I’ve used for several years to process my images. I no longer have issues with skin tones and another major addition to the software is their latest noise reduction/AI functions. I’m comfortable photographing at 800 – 1600 ISO.

    1. Hi Duane,

      I never had any issues with the M-E/M9 colours — far from it. I think you’re confusing this with the M240 — which I clearly disliked for its colour output, most notably the skin tones.

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