[Leica] M11 specs say Black body is Heavier, by a lot, than Silver body??????

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

I have a 20MPx crop of a 24MPx APS-C image from my Sony NEX-7 as one of my desktop images. It’s of a section of Paris taken from the Eiffel Tower, and it shows incredible detail on my 27" iMac 5K screen, which has ~15MPx at just over 200 dpi. I concluded that, for a print of this size, about 13 x 24, 15MPx is entirely adequate, and a full 24MPx file is good for a 200-dpi print of 20 x 30 inches, or 13 x 20 inches for a critically examined 300-dpi print.

When the Q2, with a 28mm lens and 47MPx sensor, came out, I realized that I could get full screen resolution from a 60% crop, equivalent to an image made @ 50mm. That fact, and Gigapixel AI, made me realize that the Q2 would in effect cover the range of ~28-100mm. That’s why I took it to Iceland as my only camera (aside from the surprisingly good iPhone 12’s).

If I’m still cognitive when it happens, I’m looking forward to a 75MPx Q4...

—howard

> On Jan 15, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Paul, for a deliberative photographer you are exactly correct.   I have
> found,  much like the Q2 shooters that having more pixels can be useful.
> These past couple of years I have reacted emotionally to a scene but when
> reviewing the images find that what I was reacting to was a small portion
> of the scene.   The new software does amazing things to our files: having
> enough pixels to start with is better all things considered.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 10:14 AM Paul Roark via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Regarding the benefits of higher sensor resolution, I found that my 61mp
>> model and 25mp model Sony cameras produce images that are visually
>> equal, at least the way I process the files.  I now carry the 25mp compact
>> model Alpha 7c only.  (The Sony bodies are modified by KoloriVision's Ultra
>> Thin sensor cover to make them Leica M lens compatible.)  I do run the
>> image files through Topaz's AI Gigapixel (which does make a difference).  I
>> can barely detect the difference in sensor resolution when otherwise
>> identical test shots are displayed on the monitor at several hundred times
>> the native monitor resolution.  Carrying a heavier load for the difference
>> between 25 and 60 MP resolution is, in my view, a bad trade off.
>> 
>> FWIW
>> 
>> Paul
>> www.PaulRoark.com
>> 
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