> By contrast, Leica's digital M bodies have always been at least a generation behind... at their time of release The M9 was revolutionary in 2009, an 18MP ful

> By contrast, Leica's digital M bodies have always been at least a generation behind... at their time of release The M9 was revolutionary in 2009, an 18MP full-frame sensor in a peer-comparatively tiny body. The M Monochrom in 2012 is the only major first-party camera to release w/o a Bayer filter with massive increases in resolution and sensitivity. They've been riding the "classic rangefinder experience" for some time since with incremental improvements, but the early digital M bodies were anything but behind. The recent M10-R and M10-M are also competitive sensor-wise.