Leica M10-R Hands-on Review 

I just sent 300 pics I took yesterday of a flying bee next to a flower to the email address you provided, I expect compensation. And praise, of course

When Chris started saying "Welllllcommmme baaaaack..." I had to check to make sure I didn't have the playback speed set too low.

Thanks for the photos and the overview of the new M. I have the M10 Monochrom and, as pointed out in the Red Dot Forum video on that camera, the high ISO performance of the new sensor (which was developed parallel to the one in the M10 R) allows you to set the camera to always use a faster shutter speed to avoid the effect of camera shake without giving up anything on image quality. I've tried that out on the Monochrom and it seems to work just fine. Also, as you noted, the sensor reflects the advances in technology since the previous 24 MP sensor was developed and that alone may be reason enough for some folks to want to upgrade to the new model. I agree the Visoflex is getting a little long in the tooth and I try to avoid using mine. I mainly use the rangefinder, which is kind of the point anyway. For walking-around photography I simply stop down and use either hyperfocal or zone focussing. Finally, it is also worth noticing that both the M10 Monochrom and M10-R are actually lower priced than the other models.

Awesome video! I laughed out-loud 3 times! You gents are such great reviewers!

All your reviews are so thorough and interesting at the same time. Thanks so much for all the effort you put in which in turn helps us select the camera that best suits us

As usual, an honest and frank review. Well done.

Why I always like this feed; concise and a real honest appreciation of the pros and cons.

Nice review. Love the honesty and humor. Keep it up 👍

Jordan everytime I see the S1H, I want one. IC its your fav vid camera. I gotta get one.

Some very nice photos! No one else does reviews and takes nice pictures too. Love the M10-R, will be buying one. That 50mm APO-Summicron is ridiculously good, it's difficult to find a better lens in the world.

Thanks for the great reviews. I've never shot with an M, but sometimes I have a feeling that's where I'll end up. It's my density.

Great Job Chris and Jordan. I'm shooting an old Leica iiif and it has a separate magnified focusing window like a telescope for critical focus but that feature was removed from the M cameras, real shame it was perfect.

Some banging shots here Chris, specially the abstract ones like the puddle at 5:34. I have to say, the times I get jealous of you guys testing cameras is when you try the new Leicas and Hasselblads.

Thanks Chris. Another good review.

Looking forward to the quiet shutter -off episode.

*DPReview* Love and respect

Thanks Chris for slowing down the intro. After all these videos it still took me a few repeats to figure out what you were saying. lol

Thanks for the review.

Great camera. Shooting with a Leica is a unique experience. I've done it. Moved on. And the current price/value compared to the competition means I'll not be back that way again.

Excellent, and excellent !! If there was a Comedic Photography award, Hugh would get my vote ... edit that, YOU would get it, Chris !

I feel like the majority of M users would prefer 24 megapixels with better low light. If low light is still great and Leica plans on using this sensor for more products, I guess it would make sense as an investment, but it kinda seems like they’re quickly jumping on the “more is better” bandwagon, when the M system has notoriously represented the opposite.

Where's the nikon z5 review? can't wait for Jordan's comprehensive review on that :P

Excellent review

Is the shadow booster built-in to the body or a software adjustment in post production? If built-in, is it variable adjusted. Thankyou for your insightful review. John

Two random questions... does this camera allow for a cable release?... does it have a pc sync output for flash... so I could use studio flash and visoflex at the same time?

Gotta get the Panasonics in there on the silent shutter shoot-off. Love my G80's soft thud, coming from an X-T1 (satisfying but not quiet) and D600 (..I mean it's an SLR).

I love how simple these cameras are. I hate how unobtainable these cameras are.

I've owned 4 Leica M's over the years. M8 (with IR Filter) amazing colours and I could focus more consistently then the AF on Fuji X cameras. M9 FF, even better colours, M240 terrible skin tones. but it had video, which was what my wife carried about me shotting our kids doing stuff. (so I didn't get, all that money and it can't shot video). And M3, still have it, it's such an amazing thing in that hand and fun to shot and nostalgic to shot with. (I bought this used in 1989). But now today Im kinda stoked by the EOS R5/6, that focus speed and the lens line up means I can get shots I could never of got before and can't get excited by this anymore. Though if the M11 has a Fuji Xpro3 hybrid VF and IBIS I'll be excited.

Hi did the M10R Can Recording video. Tks

It would be great if you could add this camera and the q2 to your Studio Shot Comparison !

Despite whatever one says about Leica you gotta give points to Chris and his great camera fashion sense! Super digging the ultra minimalist style and rockin a camera slinger. Pew pew pew! Lol Just enough hipster vibe as to not be over the top! Well done

Why the end of the video is shot on a Fuji camera? :D

You guy are really the best....

That intro! :)

😆 amazing website and astounding Avenue. Last time I used a Leica was in the 1990s. Now days I'm not sure if is even worth it with all the tech in the new cameras.

Overall vibe of this episode was wonderful, I hope you enjoy your Leica “unaware person, trash, graffiti Wall Street Photography” award

I will be picking up My M10-R this weekend. By the way S1H output is real nice!

Hey! Whats that camera bag? Looks fire

what you call „the stupid foto“ is the best one. when will you have your coming out as an artist-photographer and leave behind you documentaryphotographie? also the flower picture reminds me Wolfgang Tillmanns. you do allready fotos but you dont want to think/feel them.

Love ur vids bro

Dope Jared impression

I've never had my hands on a Leica M10. Does it really worth all those money or it is just a status symbol? I have a Nikon Z6 and it seems to me already a pretty solid camera, can anyone give me some clues on were those money go (apart from the brand)?

“Send your samples images to... “ *Nearly spits tea out*

Nice CosySpeed bag you're rocking there Chris Nichols....... 📷👍

I picked up a M10 "Betriebskamera" and a Leitz Canada 50mm f2 Summicron-M at the beginning of the year. I'm happy without IBIS's cost and complexity. Leica probably would have to introduce a new lens mount to avoid vignetting: I don't mind a bit of vignetting, but I don't want it randomly located because of where the sensor happened to be when I released the shutter. I let ISO be what it needs to be to give me minimum shutter speed 1/50 or I put marksmanship training to use to control breath and movement. Or I use a tripod. Or a brick wall (got a lovely nighttime shot of the Port of Oakland that way, at Jack London Square a few years ago, with a Fujifilm X100s. My wife wanted to know why I didn't include her in the composition: "You can't hold completely still for 3-secs., babe"). Or...

Great review! you guys just saved me 20,000 Dollars that I didn't have anyway.

I swear I laughed at that intro skit for 20 minutes.

Uhh what happend with the Panasonic s1 at 4:05 seems little madness of IBIS

Did anyone noticed 8:31. It looks like a IR filter has been put on a Leica 35mm f2. Why did they do that?

Are their any houses for sell on that street? It sounds like a great place to live.

Actualy, Leica were the FIRST to remove the low pass filter with the M9.

Without the in body stabilization or similar, these high megapixels will never see the lights unless we got a proper triple or very high shutter speed. Well... Maybe my M-P 240 will last for another 5 years now :D

the best of the best from my point of view

Were you shooting handheld? Because the image stabilization makes me feel sick... is it only me?

I hope they’ll still release 24mp Ms. I think that’s the sweet spot for day to day photography which is still a huge part of the Leica user base.

Where's this location?

"Photography Bingo" LOL

I am surprised by the quality of Lumix S1H, that's incredible

I do hope the introduction of M10R means cheaper M10s on the second hand market

Just let Leica M being it itself It might be lack in some "technical" aspects but it still is Leica M, which is the single most legendary camera line that has been consistent since the 50s.

"There are things that I dont "like as well..... (Leica's well....)" Small joke. Great review. Thansk.

Cool Review, but curious, does he actually like the camera at all ? (More flower shots please ….)

Sounded like a honest review.

Nothing has really changed in the RF principles since the introduction of the M8. Well the RF has got an update with the M10 but still there is the uncertainty if calibration is accurate and/or has changed. And with 40MP all these issues become even more noticeable. I would at least have expected a newer EVF arriving with the M10R and a better (bigger) battery, as well as the newer Maestro processor. This is a VERY expensive camera and for that price that needed to be changed. I feel I have to wait for the M11 to get the tool I expect (expected) but not sure if it is worth the wait anymore ....

I became a fan at 3:00. I’m off to see if that domain is spoken for.

Please make a video about Nikon Z5

great camera. 2 please.

The Camera Store!! Buy Your Camera Gear at The Camera Store if you are in Calgary!!

This $10,000 kit shines brighter than my future.

I liked to be teased that way in the first 7 seconds 👍

The +/- ring is not good in this Leica EVF, why can Leica make the ring work like the SL2 EVF ?

If you don't win a Pulitzer for that photo I will eat my hat. LOL

I want a Canadian citizenship so that I could live near such great guys. Beautiful country, beautiful Calgary.

I like the left one 5:36 : abstract and condense

Ah oui, l'Avenue de Gofoqhierselphe - c'est tres jolie!

Panasonic Lumix S video is really nice quality!

Man, Chris is spicy this video.

I didn’t get the addres in the beginning, anyone?

Very entertaining 😆

Chris, can you please repeat the address i can send my leica bee photos? 🤣🤣🤣

Who & where do we send our range finder bees in flight photos to again?

LOL just 2 days ago I took a dozen bees-in-flight shots at near MFD wide apertures. I couldn't quite get the address to send my shots? 8)

You could get a couple x-pro3 for the price

I'll stick with my used M10. 24mp is more than enough for me, I was happy with my original X100 which was 12mp. The handling on that sucks compared to the M though.

40mp sensors don't make sense on a rangefinder, which is a basic optical alignment device. If you have to resort to an EVF to nail focus, the analogue aspect is expensive decoration. Also, the examples look like every other digital camera file, no Leica magic there. It'll sell to people who think only Leica know how to make a camera, obviously.

What’s a 55mm apple?

the sample photo make me feel like i have myopia suddenly having perfect eyesight

probably a camera that performs remarkably well for architectural work

The colour is incredible, clean, punchy (Nikon to green, Canon too red) viewing on interweb srgb so maybe the shots with red do stand out. Overall just looks really clean and edge sharp. ISO test shots clearly show better across the frame brightness on the M10 with what looks like less noise than even the playstation MkIII or the Z6. Who's it for though, the price is astronomical and all mainstream brands give you way, way more value for money. No IBIS in 2020, really?

Just shoot with your Appliance Maker's Camera Sony - the FanBoy! A Used M10 maybe the best Leica M after all.

Jordan, are you testing us again like you did with 90d episode? This episodes was far below your usual standards. The walk and talk section was rather choppy, the background noises sometimes quite pronounced and the editing not super coherent. Big fan usually, but this felt a bit rushed.

Waiting for the Made In Portugal version. 😂

use the rangefinder to focus.... might as well just use a fuji if you want to see an evf

$8300.00 for this camera? I'm been a pro for many years and the saying was that Leica was a rich amateurs camera. I don't think that's changed. But if you think spending close to 12K for a camera body and one semi wide angle lens that together are not all that great will make you a better photographer, go for it, it's your money.

red dot 🔴 my first love

I'm ashamed to say that I never thought about a higher rez sensor being negated by a lack of ability to handhold it super still. Suddenly I'm far less interested in owning a 40+MP camera.

The trouble for me is that the rangefinder is the defining feature of the M camera but it is not fit for purpose in a high resolution camera. They may have improved it from the M240 on but precise focussing with a fast lens wide open remains hit and miss. For a camera with this resolution, I would like them to do the unthinkable, replace the viewfinder with the EVF from the SL2.

Chris is become one of "those" angry old man.

Why don't you hire a model to test portrait?

i used to remember how stoked i am with dslrs and stuff then i realized how much phone camera technology has improved such a shame seeing something that was commonplace a couple of years ago being an old art that only hipsters are seen doing