A usability desaster for M users (who like to shoot in manual mode – they are no longer able to change shutter speed while the camera is at their eyes; you can with the “original” design of an M).
Bad design, just fashionable.
It’s a one-of-a-kind. I don’t think anyone plucking down the cash actually cares about that.
Nothing says good UI like “unmarked buttons”…
I’m with Tafelapfel; it looks nice, but it doesn’t seem like all that great a camera, in terms of using-it-as-a-camera.
(And I don’t think “but it’s a one-off for charity” is a good excuse for bad design, either.)
Yeah, and what I didn’t see at first: The lens seems to be nearly un-operable without looking at it! All those protruding rings in a “normal” lens design are for tactile feedback of where your fingers are. This is totally missing here.
The M has no autofocus or S mode at all, so you can’t operate it with full automation – you need tactile feedback all the time! So the design is completely against the functionality of the camera.
“Design is how it works.” Where have I read this … 😉
Like Blinx182 said, these are one-off pieces for a charity auction. That puts it in the same category as art and memorabilia. It’s primary use is to catch eyeballs and raise money for a cause. With those goals in mind, I think it’s designed quite well. Much better than he “original”.
Looks beautiful. Hope he got permission to use a rectangle with rounded edges 😉
I don’t like it at all :/
I prefer the Hermes Edition Leica http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/special_editions/m9_edition_hermes/
A usability desaster for M users (who like to shoot in manual mode – they are no longer able to change shutter speed while the camera is at their eyes; you can with the “original” design of an M).
Bad design, just fashionable.
It’s a one-of-a-kind. I don’t think anyone plucking down the cash actually cares about that.
Nothing says good UI like “unmarked buttons”…
I’m with Tafelapfel; it looks nice, but it doesn’t seem like all that great a camera, in terms of using-it-as-a-camera.
(And I don’t think “but it’s a one-off for charity” is a good excuse for bad design, either.)
Yeah, and what I didn’t see at first: The lens seems to be nearly un-operable without looking at it! All those protruding rings in a “normal” lens design are for tactile feedback of where your fingers are. This is totally missing here.
The M has no autofocus or S mode at all, so you can’t operate it with full automation – you need tactile feedback all the time! So the design is completely against the functionality of the camera.
“Design is how it works.” Where have I read this … 😉
Like Blinx182 said, these are one-off pieces for a charity auction. That puts it in the same category as art and memorabilia. It’s primary use is to catch eyeballs and raise money for a cause. With those goals in mind, I think it’s designed quite well. Much better than he “original”.
Design for use.