Leica's $10,000 Black-And-White-only Camera Was So Popular They Built A Third Version

In 2012, Leica’s inaugural Monochrom turned heads throughout with its “restricted” black-and-white performance and astronomic price level. For a digital camera that was restricted to black-and-white capturing, the Monochrom price an astronomical USD 10,000.

This yr, the Monochrom will get a redo primarily based on the successful design of the M10. With a slimness that approaches that of Leica’s movie our bodies, together with a new 40-megapixel monochrome sensor and trendy conveniences like wi-fi connectivity, the M10 Monochrom prices USD 8,295.

The aim-built black-and-white full body sensor on the Leica M10 Monochrom is touted to ship better dynamic vary and element than standard, comparable color sensors. Picture: Alan Schaller

That’s a giant deal: in its earlier two iterations, the Leica Monochrom cameras had utilised modified color sensors used on the corporate’s different cameras.

Leica boasts that the distinctive, purpose-built monochromatic 40-megapixel sensor affords better element and dynamic vary when in comparison with color photographs transformed into black-and-white. The new full-frame sensor affords an ISO vary of 160 to 100,000, wider than earlier Monochrom cameras.

Rather than the attribute Leica “purple dot” on the face plate, the highest plate features a delicate, engraved “Monochrom”. The shutter button, chrome on the M10-P, is blacked out. Picture: Leica.

Along with the brand-new sensor, slimmer physique and Wi-Fi connectivity, the new M10 Monochrom additionally affords a touch screen and a quieter shutter.

Traditional Monochrom trimmings abound. The M10 Monochrom is totally blacked-out – the shutter launch and lens launch buttons, normally chrome, decked out in black. Excellent for stealthy avenue photographers, the camera additionally eschews the trademark Leica “purple dot” emblem.