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The affordable Leica is never going to happen..

Whatever is in the works the only hope for us mere mortals is Portugal plant production. That might reduce the cost a bit. And maybe a new lens (40mm?)
Whatever happens I hope it's a financial success. No one has an MP in stock, something is going on
 
Sirius Glass said:
If Victor Hasselblad's initials are added then it would be twelve characters and one would be put in place of the numbers 1 through 12.
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Clever! We should add that the crystal would be made by Zeiss.
But I still feel that there are too few Hasselblad crazies as potential buyers. I have used Leicas since late 1960s. After Leitz and Wild, Leica has been the marketing of a brand name I still have climbing and hiking boots, as well as various outdoor equipment bought at Abercrombie and Fitch on Madison Ave. (Their offerings in guns were way beyond my budget). What do owners of brand name sell now?
 

At 1/10,000th second one starts getting reciprocity problems with film ==> that is the exposure is too short for film to properly record it.
 
Sirius Glass said:
At 1/10,000th second one starts getting reciprocity problems with film ==> that is the exposure is too short for film to properly record it.
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I will advise Leica not to release a new film M with a 1/10,000 sec shutter.

Didn’t Minolta in its last days have a 35mm slr w a 1/12,000 sec shutter?
 
Sirius Glass said:
At 1/10,000th second one starts getting reciprocity problems with film ==> that is the exposure is too short for film to properly record it.
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Starting at 1/1000 for some films already
 
Huss said:
I will advise Leica not to release a new film M with a 1/10,000 sec shutter.

Didn’t Minolta in its last days have a 35mm slr w a 1/12,000 sec shutter?
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About Minolta, I do not know.
 
Yup, Minolta Dynax 9 had a carbon fiber toughened 1/12,000 sec shutter!
 
NB23 said:
Starting at 1/1000 for some films already
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You wouldnt happen to know which ones off hand would you? I sometimes use repurposed recording films, but their ISO is so low - one is 1.6 - that I’d never use a 1/1000 speed w it even wide open at the beach.
 
Huss said:
You wouldnt happen to know which ones off hand would you? I sometimes use repurposed recording films, but their ISO is so low - one is 1.6 - that I’d never use a 1/1000 speed w it even wide open at the beach.
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I just remember the good old days of Modern Photography and Popular photography with the Legendary Herb Keppler. Many tests involving many films, all the time. Hours of reading pleasure!

The general idea was that 1/4000 was already too short for many films, and some films saw their limit at 1/1000 already.

There were soooo many films back then.
 
How does Leica handle the lead up to product announcements normally? I’d hoped a date for an event would have been set by now.
 

The Leica M6 film camera reissue will be announced on October 20 with a price tag of around €4,800 #filmisnotdead - Leica Rumors

The Leica M6 film camera reissue will be officially announced on October 20 (as expected) with a price tag of around €4,800 (priced lower than the Leica MP as already reported). Here is the M6 rumors recap: Leitz M6 Classic film camera reissue Price: €4,800 Limited edition of probably 500 pieces...
leicarumors.com

Maybe this has been covered before but...

It's a non-TTL M6 re-issue. It's going to be just under $5k. It's going to be limited to 500.

Total bust IMHO. The market needs a new 35mm camera that is at least 'available.' This will go to collectors in seconds and be gone. It's also about $1000 too expensive to be interesting. Not great, Leica.
 

I had this issue as a kid. It was probably tucked in between the "We compare 30 color slide films!" and "Which black and white film is best?" issues. (Photo credit: some eBay auction. Not my own photo nor auction.)
 

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Mike Lopez said:
I had this issue as a kid. It was probably tucked in between the "We compare 30 color slide films!" and "Which black and white film is best?" issues. (Photo credit: some eBay auction. Not my own photo nor auction.)
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My first thought was "wow 15 colour films...if only we had that many today". But just for C41
Kodak makes 8
Cinestill makes 3
Silbersalz makes 4
Lomo makes 8
Fuji makes 3
...and there's a lot more from dubble and other such low volume, weird films

Spoilt for choice really
 
Even as a kid I thought it funny that a print magazine would show colour film image comparisons. As of course the printing/reproduction process would influence the results.
I based my film choices on type of film and brand. Slide (!) was always Kodachrome 64 but I hardly ever bought that because broke kid and holding up the slide to the sky lost its appeal. C41 was Fuji or Kodak depending on film speed and price. The output was always messed up by my minilab so it didn’t make much difference.
B&W was tri-x. I grew up in England pre global warming so in the cold(er) damp(er) dark(er) days compared to now. That was a staple as I could use the school darkroom.
 
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Mike Lopez said:
I had this issue as a kid. It was probably tucked in between the "We compare 30 color slide films!" and "Which black and white film is best?" issues. (Photo credit: some eBay auction. Not my own photo nor auction.)
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Fantastic!
 

I have a beautiful M7 sitting ready to go back to Japan. I tried different batteries, all fresh and in spec. The shutter speed dial needs attention, at least that's what I suspect. The DX reader even worked perfectly. I suspect that this camera sat in a box for a long while. Pretty, very pretty. I have a couple nice Leicas so I will get by.
 

Ahh, the pleasures of buying mint ++++ gear from Japan....

Sorry you got a dud. What was happening?
 
mshchem said:
I need airfare to LA
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That's a pricey way to get a free roll of HP5!

It's on Thursday, and even though I am local, I'm not going. Don't people have jobs? They couldn't do this on a Saturday fercryinoutloud?
 
Huss said:
Ahh, the pleasures of buying mint ++++ gear from Japan....

Sorry you got a dud. What was happening?
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Sporadic led behavior. Auto doesn't function. Shutter was working..I thinks it's just been sitting, that's why it's so pretty.
 
Huss said:
That's a pricey way to get a free roll of HP5!

It's on Thursday, and even though I am local, I'm not going. Don't people have jobs? They couldn't do this on a Saturday fercryinoutloud?
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The new Leica is not just for anyone with so pedestrian an occupation as a job, my good man.
 
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