One of my first images taken with the M10 — I've only taken six so far, and have been using Auto-ISO, auto-exposure and Multi-field exposure mode, just because I didn't have that on the M9 or the MM.
Leica M10 | Summicron 35v4 | ISO 200 | f/5.6 | 1/180 sec Paris
Here is a color picture with the M10 shot at ISO 3200. After shooting only six images my impression remains as I wrote in the M10 thread, when I was relating the conclusions of a friend who is a professional photographer with great color sense:
The impression I have of the M10 is that operationally it’s night and day from the M9, and feels like the Leica M that we all wanted when the M8 was released. From a friend that has had one for a week, I get the impression that with a few adjustments in Lightroom one can get pretty close to the M9 look — though he thinks that there is still something inexplicably special about that look. He feels that, compared to the M9, the M10 sensor is almost too good, in that it can have something of a homogenizing effect. The M9 was a challenge, especially in low light, but sometimes challenges pay off in better images, like using film. Probably with the M10 one may have to "rough up" the image somewhat. The M10 B&W conversions look very good, though it seems that the MM is better, but again, depending on post-processing, it could really be splitting hairs.
I can add that, for B&W, I'm happy to have the M10 rather than the MM because, using Silver Efex 2, I can easily rough up the files to get the high contrast look that I'm usually after. For color, I liked to shoot the M9 at ISO 640 because the digital noise was a lot like film grain and I generally liked the colors, except for the "electric blues" that needed toning down, particularly in night shots. With the M10 I haven't yet figured out the best way for me to rough up the files, although I get the feeling that high contrast color may be more flexibly done that with the M9.
Leica M10 | Summicron 35v4 | ISO 3200 | f/5.6 | 1/45 sec Paris
Testing out Zeiss C Biogon 21/4.5 on the M246. I was a bit sceptical about this lens, since there is so limited information about how it would perform on a full frame camera. I have seen several reports saying that it was good on the M Monochrom, but what one person regard as "good" is highly dependant on how that person use the lens.
My first impression is that its a highly usable lens, and considering its size and second hand price, I am quite impressed by the image quality. It has very strong central and midfield resolution, but tend to loose contrast and resolution towards the edges. Vignetting is a big issue, and the custom profile provided by Lightroom is definitely not sufficient. But making your own to handle the vignetting is still fairly simple, but you are still left with the loss of contrast in the most affected areas. The lens has excellent coatings, and there is very little flaring (even without the lens hood). Distortion is not visible at all, meaning that the lens works very well for architectural shots. I will have to test the lens more before concluding, but I have to say that I have been positively surprised today.