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The Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246) Can Shoot HD Video

Chris Gampat
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04/30/2015
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Last Updated on 04/30/2015 by Chris Gampat

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Today, Leica is announcing a brand new Monochrom camera in the form of the Typ 246. Like the Monochrom before it, this camera captures black and white images due to the color filter being removed. The new M Monochrom has a 2GB buffer, Leica Maestro processor, a 24MP full frame sensor, has ISO settings up to 25,000, and since this is a CMOS sensor you also get Live View functions. Like the previous Leica M, it can also use the R adapter to use Leica’s R lenses.

The LCD screen sports a sapphire cover and the body is made from magnesium alloy. Customers can also purchase a free copy of Adobe Lightroom with the M Monochrom.

Photographer Ragnar Axelsson has a special video made about the camera, and the Leica Camera Blog features more images shot with the camera.

As more information comes in, we’re going to update this post. Want the new Leica M Monochrom? It’ll cost you a pretty penny.

Ragnar Axelsson – Around Iceland in 80 hours. A Leica portrait from Leica Camera on Vimeo.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.