I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany.
I would recommend this camera to anyone with the same goal as I have.
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years shooting wildlife/sports and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
I selected the silver/brown X (which a friend mistook for a friend mistook for a Hermès M9-P) and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks and feels great and photogs only notice it is a third part case when they see the branded logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. I find the screw that connects the case to the body is a 1-2mm too wide.
While shooting on the streets of Chinatown in Manila a lot of people kept glancing at my camera either because of the red dot or because of the superb industrial design. Those shooting film do mistake it for RF asking which M I am shooting with. This is both a good/bad thing depending on the situation. Next time around I will shoot with this camera with the red dot covered.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG resized to 2048px on the longest side with watermark added only. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
I love shooting with the X in B&W High Contras and is my preferred setting. I cannot get that aesthetic in any Canon camera I\'ve ever owned and I am only able to do so in Google\'s SilverFX Pro at great effort and time.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning without the camera hunting for a focus lock.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
I got the X through official channels due to time constraints. The 3 year warranty somewhat softens the blow.
Other than the EVF that should be built into the X these are features that would be nice to have at the same price point.
- built-in WiFi (if not then better integration with EyeFi WiFi SD cards)
- built-in GPS
- better battery life beyond 400+ exposures
What Leica appears to have missed is that people buying this camera want to share their photos on the Internet without going through a computer.
I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany. I would recommend this camera to anyone with the same goal as I am.
I selected the silver/brown X and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks great and people only notice it is a third part case when they see the branded logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. I find the screw that connects the case to the body is a 1-2mm too wide.
While shooting on the streets of Chinatown in Manila a lot of people kept glancing at my camera either because of the red dot o because of the superb industrial design. Those shooting film do mistake it for RF asking which M I am shooting with. This is both a good/bad thing depending on the situation. Next time around I will shoot with this camera with the red dot covered.
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years shooting wildlife/sports and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG resized to 2048px on the longest side with watermark added only. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
I love shooting with the X in B&W High Contras and is my preferred setting. I cannot get that aesthetic in any Canon camera I\'ve ever owned and I am only able to do so in Google\'s SilverFX Pro at great effort and time.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning without the camera hunting for a focus lock.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
I got the X through official channels due to time constraints. The 3 year warranty somewhat softens the blow.
Other than the EVF that should be in the X these are features that would be nice to have at the same price point.
- built-in WiFi (if not then better integration with EyeFi WiFi SD cards)
- built-in GPS
- better battery life beyond 400+ exposures
What Leica appears to have missed is that people buying this camera want to share their photos on the Internet without going through a computer.
I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany.
I selected the silver/brown X and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks great and people only notice it is a third part case when they see the branded logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. I find the screw that connects the case to the body is a 1-2mm too wide.
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years shooting wildlife/sports and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG resized to 2048px on the longest side with watermark added only. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
I love shooting with the X in B&W High Contras and is my preferred setting. I cannot get that aesthetic in any Canon camera I\'ve ever owned and I am only able to do so in Google\'s SilverFX Pro at great effort and time.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning without the camera hunting for a focus lock.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
I got the X through official channels due to time constraints. The 3 year warranty somewhat softens the blow.
Other than the EVF that should be in the X these are features that would be nice to have at the same price point.
- built-in WiFi (if not then better integration with EyeFi WiFi SD cards)
- built-in GPS
- better battery life beyond 400+ exposures
What Leica appears to have missed is that people buying this camera want to share their photos on the Internet without going through a computer.
I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany.
I selected the silver/brown X and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks great and people only notice it is a third part case when they see the branded logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. I find the screw that connects the case to the body is a 1-2mm too wide.
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years shooting wildlife/sports and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG resized to 2048px on the longest side with watermark added only. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
I love shooting with the X in B&W High Contras and is my preferred setting. I cannot get that aesthetic in any Canon camera I\'ve ever owned and I am only able to do so in Google\'s SilverFX Pro at great effort and time.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning without the camera hunting for a focus lock.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
I got the X through official channels due to time constraints. The 3 year warranty somewhat softens the blow.
I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany.
I selected the silver/brown X and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks great and people only notice it is a third part case when they see the branded logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. I find the screw that connects the case to the body is a 1-2mm too wide.
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years shooting wildlife/sports and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG resized to 2048px on the longest side with watermark added only. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
I love shooting with the X in B&W High Contras and is my preferred setting. I cannot get that aesthetic in any Canon camera I\'ve ever owned and I am only able to do so in Google\'s SilverFX Pro at great effort and time.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning without the camera hunting for a focus lock.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
I got the X through official channels due to time constraints. The 3 year warranty somewhat softens the blow.
I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany.
I selected the silver/brown X and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks great and people only notice it is a third part case when they see the branded logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. I find the screw that connects the case to the body is a 1-2mm too wide.
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years shooting wildlife/sports and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG with resizing to 2048px on the longest side with watermark done to it. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
I love shooting with the X in B&W High Contras and is my preferred setting. I cannot get that aesthetic in any Canon camera I\'ve ever owned and I am only able to do so in Google\'s SilverFX Pro at great effort and time.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
I got the X through official channels due to time constraints. The 3 year warranty somewhat softens the blow.
I got the X as I was looking for a camera that could deliver the image quality of a DSLR and yet have the size/weight of a mirrorless system without getting a 2nd lens system. It also gave me the excuse to get a Leica that is made in Germany.
I selected the silver/brown X and bought a third party brown leather case from Amazon. It looks great and people only notice it is a third part case when they see the engraved logo. Even then no one gives it any mind. Although the screw that connects the case to the
I come from using a Canon DSLR system of nearly a dozen years and will be writing about it from that perspective. I have minutes in experience with a RF so I cannot compare the X to that.
Out of the box it operates like a large point & shoot which got a bit getting used to since the last one I extensively used was a Canon G9 but it is much more simplified from what I could remember.
That changes when I was able to try my friend\'s Visoflex Typ 020 EVF that made shooting a bit more like an SLR but with liveview. I wish the EVF was integrated with the X and would trade it for the the built-in popup flash. I have it on order in the Leica Manila Store after shooting with it during a birding sortie.
All the images posted are straight out camera JPEG with resizing to 2048px on the longest side with watermark done to it. Hotlink images are further resized by flickr to 1024px. I am told by friends who own a Leica M9/M240 that shooting in DNG/RAW is largely pointless as you are buying a Leica for the Leica in-camera post processing aesthetic.
Some images have the the focus ring set to MF at infinity in my first attempt at zone focusing. As expected keeper rate wasnt all that good. I did so because I wanted to get the motion blur of the dragon dancers with a slow shutter while panning.
If you are traveling to HK you could get a grey market unit there for as little as 11,400 HKD. This is nearly the cost of an official FujiFILM X100T, the only other fixed lens compact camera with a large sensor to be announced at 2014.
