Re: Leica M11-V to be announced (Now called Leica M EV1)
CVickery wrote: Steve Spencer wrote: stgrove wrote:
Thanks Steve for your hands on analysis.
Your SL3 comment about using M lenses on it instead of getting the EV1 got me thinking.
M11+Viso2 with grip and M 24/1.4 weighs 1205 grams.
X2Dii with 38V lens (30mm FF equiv) weighs 1265 grams.
SL3 with L-M Adapter and M 24/1.4 lens weighs 1421 grams.
X2Dii with Fotodiox Pro M Adapter and M 24/1.4 lens weighs 1453 grams.
At this point the feature set of the X2Dii with M lenses is my choice even though it weighs 32 grams more than the SL3 approach. Since M lenses vignette on the X2Dii means for me I can compensate for that while composing. Add to that the 100MP sensor and way better IBIS combined with a cyan focus peaking color that gets me a much better hit rate than I have ever had with previous focus peaking colors and usage.
And EV1 + CV 28 f/1.5 weighs 745 grams. Herein lies the possible advantage of the EV1. It can give you a very fast lens in a very small package with a quite good EVF if that is what you want.
Agreed, but the Q3 is 743 grams and has AF as well. The Q lens is a bit bulkier though.
The big difference of course is the EV1 is an interchangeable lens camera and you can have not only a 28mm lens at the Q3 size and weight, but you can add a small 40mm and or whatever focal length you light all in a very small size, and some--presumably the target audience of the EV1--will prefer that it is manual focus instead of autofocus.
Oct 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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