Leica M10 R Hands-On Review 

Thank you. I have the M10-R, and I agree with you, it is a great camera. I've thought about trading it in on an M11, but the nearest Leica store in Rancho Mirage, CA wouldn't give me what I thought my M10-R was worth. They weren't close. Plus, I like having the traditional removable base plate - which the M11 doesn't have. Unless the M12 is truly remarkable, I'll have my M10-R until I die.

Most cameras have zillions of useless features as well as some useful features,flimsy plastic doors to get to the battery and the whole photography experience leaves me empty. But with my leica i always want to take it out and use it,with its simple manual controls and spartan menu its just a joy to use and the results are great for me. Its nice to have one camera thats not the same as all the rest.

Which release cable is that? Keen to get myself one of that length. Thanks!

Over the years have had moved my religion from Canon, to Sony, bought Leica M lens for my Sony A9 what made me finally settled with Leica M system plus SL2 only for Noctilux, Leica is all about simplicity and the fun of photography .

I'm curious to hear how you can recover the highlights by over exposing ?

That's a great and honest review, Luke! As a FUJI X-T3 shooter, I've recently been bitten by the Leica bug because of a Q2 purchase. Now I'm seriously thinking about going that extra step!

I have the M10 Monochrom and already have problems with highlight clipping, underexposing 0.7, so find your overexposing recommendation surprising. Maybe the sensor works differently in colour. I am thinking about the M10 R, thanks for your review

Loved the style of this review Luke 👍

My dream camera! With this and a 35mm Summicron I'd be set for life.

Hi, great video but I must jump to the defence of the solid baseplate. In my opinion this is far stronger than any design that incorporates a hinged door, many of which are plastic. Yes it is mildly inconvenient to take an L bracket or similar off to access the battery or card but I prefer the greater srength of a soild base. As a pure landscape photographer, my camera lives on a tripod.

Great style for a review Luke, really enjoyed it, many thanks! If I may make a suggestion, your video camera (a Fuji you said?) kept jumping between your face and the Leica, I am guessing because you were using a very shallow depth of field, and the Leica placement in the frame fell just on top of the 1/3 line (rule of thirds implemented in the AF), and your head more or less on top of the other 1/3 line. Fuji's are known to have goofy AF in these borderline conditions. So maybe one idea would be to use a deeper depth of field (but not so deep that your whole background comes in focus, that would be distracting - you can experiment) and then maybe change the placement of the camera and your head (if you want to keep the same overall composition) and move them slightly nearer the center of the frame. Maybe a change in the aperture/depth of field and a change to manual focus on the video camera could solve this. Thanks again!

You don’t actually need that wire release, just put it on self timer mode

Wonder if the higher resolution induces any camera shake at low shutter speeds.

Are you able to retain more in the highlights than the shadows??? This might be the first digital camera that I’ve heard of that this is the case.

First time hearing the m10r recovering details on highlights.. as far as my unit goes, i usually under exposed by 1 stop and recover all the details in the shadows.. maybe un meant shadow recovery..

This video also serves the purpose of introducing the digital M system to anyone who’s interested. Great video indeed.

Nice review. Is color as good as with the m10?

Nice vid. Instagram link is dead in the description.

third party manufacturers makes cases that have battery door. so you can easily access your card and battery

Did you mean Q2 @1:59 Why?

The ISO dial is a million times better than the M Typ 240 that you need to press and hold the ISO button and move the rear control dial to change. The best lens IMO is the Leica 35mm f2 ASPH. Small and great. For ultimate sharpness, the Zeiss ZM are extremely sharp. I'm waiting for my M10-R to arrive maybe in a a week or two to replace the M Typ 240.

Let's be honest. You are buying a feeling and a concept. Nothing wrong about that. If it makes you feel happy with this Leica, no problem. You don't harm anyone. For a fraction of the money, your succesrate with making photographs are better guaranteed with camera's that use supporting modern technology.

Your viewing issue is because you are wearing glasses. There are external magnifiers you can add to the back for for +1, 2 etc.

I'm waiting for the p version to upgrade from my beloved m9p :)

Please slow down that’s the essence of the Leica ( iso and battery replacement issue???) SPEED SPEED always speed when you slow down you probably making better photographs❗️

Overexpose? Really bad advice.

Why wouldn’t they master small lenses; they contain a barrel and some lenses; no motor no nothing…. Not sure if they are weather sealed or not…

He is a wrong eye shooter, He don't understand rangefinder shooting.......

That's the worst camera review I've ever seen. And, to make matters worse, his diction is very poor.