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EMH2025 wrote:
I have now had my EV1 for a few days, I must have shot several hundred images, tried quite a few lenses from my small E39s, to mediums like Nokton 1.2, to heavy like 1966 LLL to super heavy like the 0.95.
For settings I started with Overgaard suggestions as one saved set and add others, but he has good starting advice
https://overgaard.dk/leica-M11-digital-rangefinder-camera-page-4.html
ergonomics - I like it, especially with smaller lenses, but also even with the 1966 LLL (black paint brass). I outfitted mine with the Leica half case and upgraded Leica strap, I like both of these, if I need Arca I can put a Helium on it that I have but I am less fond of the feel of metal if I am not using a tripod. I have a silk strap on my M11P safari and I might get one in black for the M EV1. The camera feels lighter, those 80 gm are noticeable. I do miss the hybrid of rangefinder that is optically much better than EV1 or Visaflex, and with the M11P I lmove between the two on my safari. But the box on top of the M11P is clunky and I feel that from ergonomics EV1 is smoother and lighter.
With my apo summicron 50 the camera feels light and responsive and that lens is my single lens carry choice if I have but one. I can easily carry a set of E39s 21, 28, 90 colorskopers with apo 50 and it is pocket size or an exceptionally small kit. Even add a ND filter or two of E39 and a small brick for power I still have an exceptionally light kit which was my goal. See pic
I didn't expect this, but for the somewhat heavy lenses like the 1966 I feel that the EV1 just feels better and more responsive. It seems to swing better and hold better, I guess the offset of the visaflex on brass top plate is the reason it seems to be like finding the right sports equipment, whether a fitted shotgun, or just the right fly rod that is responsive, the EV1 and the 1966 feel better together to me.
In contrast the 0.95 is even more of a boat anchor, very usable but the weight of the lens feels very off balance
In daylight I have no EV problems, I have seen some issues in low light, as discussed I hope there is software fix coming
Image quality there is nothing to say it is a M11 and it seems identical to my M11P to my eyes. Operationally it is identical to how I might use a visaflex if I am primarily using it on the M11P. The crisp rangefinder view is missing in all EVs, not just Leica, something about coated glass and my own eye even with age is just better and it might be a long a time before a screen matches its dynamic range.
I put an owlkrown kit on the EV1, I like the thumb rest and I think that contributes a lot to a better balance of the 1966, and with a tiny lens like the apo 50 E39 it swings around like custom sports gear and maybe it should given the kit cost.
the apo 50 and an light E39 example kit shown, in bright light I like an E39 travel kit, lower light I get out the Noktons and swap them. If I am in Alaska where there are animals my kit tends to be a 135 apo, 50 apo, 28 nokton, that 135 being useful. In a city, especially one with character the long lens is not needed but a more vintage render like LLL 35/2 or even an ms-optics like a Petz might swap in, or Noct lenes if needed.
Like Fred I have my neighborhood in AZ as a test, the mountains visible at the end of my driveway provide nice contrast and detail to test a lens. The photo shown is early morning with my apo 50, photo not processed to sharpen, just out of camera. The apo 50 yields benchmark detail which is why it is so pricey, but it is also very nice and can and is sometimes my single lens carry.
I didn't need an EV1 as I have a M11P, from a photographic standpoint I dont think it offers anything new for me. But at my age and with health challenges that come and go an efficient light kit is what I want and sometimes need to stay in the game. I think this will do that for now and within the limits that camera does not offer anything new except ergonomics for me, it may be glitchy in low light, still need to work in it, I am ok with it, it does what I need at present which is to streamline and lighten my kit, and it looks quite nice as well. It was an expensive indulgence for my ergonomic goals.
I am unlikely to carry both M11P and EV1 so I have yet to work out when I will use one over the other, although I am thinking the M11P is a better city travel camera because RF and zone focus go together so well. Since I am mostly an outdoors photographer I think the EV1 being lighter will make an outstanding scenery and light animal (135 apo) camera in Alaska for easy carry for me.
note the scene image is vastly down sampled (Freds 1.4 mb limit)- this is better https://flic.kr/p/2rL1xvy
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Regarding the sample image: yup, it's from a Leica for sure. There's a nice big piece of dust smack dab in the middle. 
One of the best LR updates in a long time has been the auto dust removal feature because my M camera sensors are serious dust magnets compared to anything else I use.
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