Re: Leica M11-V to be announced (Now called Leica M EV1)
wolfloid wrote: There are both focus peaking and magnification. You can use them independently or concurrently. You can configure peaking to by on continuously or only on demand. You can configure magnification to be automatic on focusing or only on demand. You can choose any control including the former frame lines lever to control either of these focus aids. As far as it goes it is an elegant and effective system.
Elegant is not the word I would have chosen. Not even sufficient. Having used both peaking and magnification, like retrofocus, I find them both to be frustrating. I think everyone, who commented on what this camera might have as a focusing aid, was very, very clear that neither of the two options that Leica now offer would be sufficient - peaking not being accurate, and magnification being slow. Elegance was not a word that was ever mentioned for either of those solutions, which have been available for years. Expectations were almost universal that Leica was working on something much more elegant - hence the disappointment and disinterest.
I think it reveals a company which knows its narrow market and is happy to continue gouging its customers. It reveals no innovation at all, no inventiveness, or even effort. The words entitled and lazy ring in my ears. Let’s hope another company sees an opportunity and steals a march on this moribund, and complacent company.
I found when using the camera that the way the former frame lines lever could be configured to manage both peaking and magnification focus aids elegant, effective, and unique. No other camera on the market can do this. I was able to acheive a very high hit rate even with fast lenses wide open, in modest amounts of light. I did make a point of saying as far as the limited set of aids goes. So, yes I do find the lever implimantation elegant and simple. I am not alone in this view among those who have actually used it rather than just read about it.
I too would have prefered that Leica had provided some more advanced focus aids. Still, Iencourage you to actually use the camera before passing final judgment.
Oct 26, 2025 at 03:28 PM
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