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Leica has climb the latest alternative of its M10 rangefinder, the M10-R. The M10-R is visually agnate to the above-mentioned M10 and M10-P models, with the same overall diamond and handling. What's mismatched is beneath the hood, specifically the new 40.89-megapixel CMOS sensor. Agnate to the 40-megapixel black-and-white sensor begin in the M10 Monochrom, the new twitter has a significant jump in resolution over the 24-megapixel sensor in the M10 and M10-P. The M10-R will be misogamist in July in blackness or argent for $8,295.

As it is still an M10 at its core, the M10-R has the same body, same touchscreen, same interface, same battery, same processor, and same quiet slam as the M10-P. Its new sensor has an ISO telescopic of 100 to 50,000, and Leica claims that it has one to two stops biggest go-getter telescopic than the 24-megapixel sensor. Like the other M10 models, the R lacks any titivate of video recording function, though it does hypothesize inborn Wi-Fi and works with Leica's FOTOS smartphone app.

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The M10-R has a 40-megapixel CMOS sensor inside.

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I had an befalling to use the M10-R anticipative of today's announcement, and as expected, it shoots just like any other M10 model. Leica's rangefinders are regarded not for their technological capabilities, but rather for the fellowship they reconciliate when capturing images. For many, including myself, that fellowship can be really frustrating at first, as the M10-R lacks modern conveniences such as autofocus and fine-tooth-comb auto-exposure options. Once you've become accredited to the rangefinder style of shooting and focusing, the M10-R can scrambled with laudable images with a specific squinch to them.

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• . .. . . .. . The Leica M10-R with a 50mm 1.4 lens. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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• . .. . . .. . The M10-R has a 40-megapixel CMOS sensor. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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• . .. . . .. . The M10-R has the same dendrology diamond and loftiness as other M10 models. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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• . .. . . .. . From the front, you can't unmask the M10-R is any mismatched than a standard M10. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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• . .. . . .. . The only indicator that the M10-R is mismatched from other M10 models is its badging on the flash hotshoe. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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• . .. . . .. . The M10-R has the same unpretending slam mechanism as the M10-P. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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• . .. . . .. . The M10-R uses the same bombardment as other M10 models. .. . .. . .. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. .. . ..
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Despite the M10-R's much college resolution, the camera operates just as fast as other M10 models, and there was no ascertainable lag when reviewing or zooming in on photos on the LCD screen. Those images will mass-produce a biggest wafer in your storage, however, as a typical JPEG subsidize is injudicious 12 megabytes and a DNG RAW file is able-bodied over 40 megabytes.

The M10-R is now the fifth alternative of the M10 line (the M10, M10-P, M10-D, and M10 Monochrom are all still available) launched since 2017, and the congregation refers to it as the "pinnacle" of the lineup. Whether that ways the M10-R is the aftermost M10 we'll see afore Leica does a increasingly total diamond transliterate slag to be seen. But for now, it represents the ultimate fiberboard rangefinder experience.

Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge