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Subject: [Leica] No Top Ramen....The downside to a RF-LESS M....
From: abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:47:29 -0700
References: <512277de-67c6-4c8e-b17f-536fc8f09997@gmail.com>

That doesn?t seem right, Frank.

Focusing has the same kind of magnification through the EVF as the SL2 and 3 
cameras.

So for longer focal length lenses focusing should be great. Reading the 
discussion on Reid Reviews it looks interesting.

Adam Bridge

> On Oct 23, 2025, at 8:07?PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Leica just announced their new M model. without a rangefinder.  It uses 
> regular old 1953 era M lenses.
> 
> No RF?  How do you focus it?
> 
> I guess you could hold the camera at arm's length and focus off the LCD 
> screen in the back.......
> 
> Good luck with that!
> 
> What Leica has done is to recommend the focus  peaking function.
> 
> Is this good?  It depends on you... to me it is not good.  If you own a 
> Nocti, not even close.....
> 
> And in the long run this will be the basic debated issue..... how to focus 
> this camera.
> 
> Maybe thinking of it as a camera that uses ground glass focusing will be 
> my redemption?
> 
> OTOH, this is precisely the way I focus my M glass on my Sony A7riv 
> body...... More thought is necessary.
> 
> Nice 5.76MP VF device.... that is good and may make my solution viable.
> 
> Check out this review, start at 6:50 minutes in the video..... 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaftOvsFL9o
> 
> BTW, no IBIS.  A shame.
> 
> I guess I do not have to eat Top Ramen for the next few years to afford 
> one......
> 
> Maybe the M11 with IBIS IS the ultimate Leica?
> 
> For that, I can see an exclusive diet of Top Ramen.....and wait, and wait, 
> and wait.
> 
> Or just use my M glass on my Sony...... specs are remarkably similar..... 
> and I can save about $5,000
> 
> Hmmmmmmmm
> 
> -- 
> Frank Filippone bmwred735i at gmail.com
> 
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