The M10-R is now the 5th variation of the M10 line (the M10, M10-P, m10, and m10-d Monochrom are all still readily available) introduced since 2017, and the business refers to it as the “peak” of the lineup. Whether that indicates the M10-R is the last M10 well see before Leica does a more thorough design revamp stays to be seen. But for now, it represents the ultimate digital rangefinder experience.
The M10-R is visually similar to the previous M10 and M10-P designs, with the exact same overall design and handling. Similar to the 40-megapixel black-and-white sensor discovered in the M10 Monochrom, the new chip has a significant jump in resolution over the 24-megapixel sensor in the M10 and M10-P.
Despite the M10-Rs much greater resolution, the video camera runs simply as fast as other M10 designs, and there was no appreciable lag when reviewing or zooming in on photos on the LCD screen. Those images will make a bigger dent in your storage, nevertheless, as a normal JPEG image has to do with 12 megabytes and a DNG RAW file is well over 40 megabytes.
I had a chance to use the M10-R ahead of todays announcement, and as expected, it shoots just like any other M10 design. Leicas rangefinders are related to not for their technical capabilities, however rather for the experience they supply when recording images. For lots of, including myself, that experience can be rather discouraging at initially, as the M10-R lacks modern-day benefits such as autofocus and advanced auto-exposure choices. Once youve become accustomed to the rangefinder style of shooting and focusing, the M10-R can reward with gorgeous images with a specific seek to them.
As it is still an M10 at its core, the M10-R has the very same body, exact same touchscreen, exact same interface, exact same battery, very same processor, and same quiet shutter as the M10-P. Its new sensor has an ISO variety of 100 to 50,000, and Leica claims that it has one to two stops better vibrant range than the 24-megapixel sensor. Like the other M10 models, the R lacks any sort of video recording function, though it does have built-in Wi-Fi and works with Leicas FOTOS smart device app.
Grid View
The M10-R has a 40-megapixel CMOS sensing unit inside.
Photography by Dan Seifert/ The Verge
The M10-R is aesthetically similar to the prior M10 and M10-P models, with the very same general style and handling. Comparable to the 40-megapixel black-and-white sensing unit found in the M10 Monochrom, the new chip has a substantial dive in resolution over the 24-megapixel sensor in the M10 and M10-P. The M10-R is now the fifth variation of the M10 line (the M10, M10, m10-p, and m10-d Monochrom are all still readily available) released given that 2017, and the business refers to it as the “pinnacle” of the lineup.
