Re: 8 reasons why I love the M11 compared to the M10
pmeheut wrote:
Ok, I'm biased because I loved every M camera I owned, digital or film except maybe for the M8.
And each time, I'm thinking I will keep the own I have and not buy the new one but resistance to GAS is futile.
Anyhow, compared to my original M10, here are the things I like:
- USB-C. This is great. I was at the hotel and wanted to transfer pictures to the MacBook Pro. I removed the USB-C cable from the charger, connected it to the M11 and transferred the image. I then removed the cable from the MacPro, connected this end to the power adapter and used it to recharge the M11 battery. Beats using a M10.
- WiFi: my son asked me to send him pictures of the city I was visiting. I transferred pictures to the iPhone using Leica Fotos which is surprisingly fast and sent the jpeg to him. I also used it to upgrade the firmware.
- LiveView: I can use it a lot without eating the battery and this is great. Because I like having a modern metering system all the time, because I use the rangefinder for street photography but LiveView for landscape, architecture...
- LiveView also gives me an artificial horizon and it helps a lot. Because of my astigmatism, I cannot get the camera level by myself.
- 60 Mpix. I do not care so much for the highest resolution because I've printed A3+ or A2 pictures with a lot less pixels and they look great. But I've been playing with the 135/3.5 Apo and I get a 180mm with 36 Mpix and a 250mm with 18 Mpix. And the pictures are great. Even my 28/2 can become a 35mm or a 50mm if I crop. Very convenient when I do not have enough time to switch lenses
- weight: I really feel the difference with the M10
- shutter noise: same here
- almost everything else: the touchscreen, the ergonomics...
The M10 is still a great camera though and I can shoot pictures as good as the one I get out of the M10. But this has been true for decades: I take the pictures and having a better camera increases my comfort and gives me a few more opportunities but nothing more.
What I do not like:
- slow to power-on. I can live with that but I do not understand why digital Ms have been like this since day one when other manufacturer do not have the same problem
- the delay before I can shoot again in single picture mode. No big deal but it is bigger than the M10.
- it froze once. So I removed the battery and if you push the lever quickly, the security does not work. I caught the battery before it fell but still...
- Geotagging is not yet implemented
- Full support in Capture One is not here yet. We have a color profile and it is great not to have to wait for a few month but digital zooming is not taken into account
What I would like:
- for Leica or even better Voigtlander to build a 28-35-50-75/2.8, designed as a zoom like the WATE. Why Voigt? Because it will still be very close optically and mechanically to Leica standards but for 1/4 of the price.
A good summary!
I really like the new camera firmware update in the Fotos app
I have USBC on all my cameras except the M10R, and I find it very useful for exporting and charging. Happy to see this on the M11. Are you able to use the OEM Apple iPhone Lightning charging cable to connect from the M11 to the iPhone and transfer photos just the same as the Leica Fotos cable?
I never want to buy a new FF camera because it has more MPs, but I so far I seem to find more MPs useful. I have used up to 61MP FF and no problems focusing or obtaining sharp images with my normal hand held settings/techniques and I rarely use IBIS. Perhaps there can be a slight degradation at pixel peep level in some circumstances, but so far I don't see any problems at least up to 61MP. IMO the M11's Triple Resolution is a very practical in-camera feature without worry about IQ penalties. I like this very much.
Let's see what Leica can do with the M11 and the Fotos app going forward. The stronger Maestro III processor, M11 batteries and increased wireless transfer performance sounds very promising. I already enjoy the Bluetooth through iPhone GPS with the SL2 which you can continue to use inside of some buildings BTW because its through the iPhone. I also like that I can do the initial SL2 setup through the Fotos app, is this the same for the M11 too?
Feb 01, 2022 at 12:25 PM
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