Originally posted by Digitalis I KNOW. Leica even manage to get their M digital Camera to operate in similar fashion to their M series film bodies...you have to remove the base plate to change the battery and memory card. I think someone at Leica forgot to buy a new calendar...for the past ten years.
Well, you know - the removable base on the M-digitals is to ensure the sensor and memory card stay as flat as possible, which is just not possible with a standard hatch...
That film door fed into the FUD about the Hexar's flange-to-film distance, which was off by...by...well, it wasn't the same as Leica, when measured in nanometres.
That's what pisses me off about the CRF market - which basically means "Leicaphile" market. You are not supposed to make ANY concession to modernity. At all. Even if they're practical. With the removable baseplate on the M9, it seems it's more about "Leica hallmark" buttons than "practical" buttons. I wonder if the M10 will have a rewind knob (not crank,) which you'll have to turn 36 times to eject the SD card.
What I would have liked to have seen is the CRF market develop in parallel to the SLR market - with a wide range of cameras from a variety of manufacturers, in several price ranges, rather than keep it as niche market. I suppose that's a bit far-fetched, considering most manufacturers had abandoned the market long ago. But it would be nice to get them back into the mainstream.