[Leica] M11-D mini review WAS M6 Anniversary/ M3 Rules

[Lluis Ripoll]

Peter,

I never had on my hands a M11 and I have to say that I’m not interested, the M6 and the MP are at the limit of correct dimmensions for me, and for everyday in my pocket the IIIF, I like the M-A bur it is exactly to the MP without the spot meter, I would like have this camera but when I purchased the MP it was not yet in the market. I continue beeing a lover of the M3!

Cheers
Lluis
  

> El 29 set 2024, a les 14:08, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va escriure:
> 
> I surprised myself the other day and went and had a look at the M11-D. Curiosity had got the better of me.
> 
> My impression- and this is strictly subjective - was of a camera that somehow felt heavier in the hand than either my M3 or anything except my X-Pro. It felt a clean design with everything pretty much where my hand/fingers would want it. Focussing was easy and the viewfinder certainly appeared bright enough even in the store lighting (I wasn't allowed to take it into the street). I wasn't too bothered by the lack of a rear screen. With a digital camera I find that with that amount of memory available means that I bracket/re-orientate/whatever and look to see later what I've got. If it comes to "The Decisive Moment" (lucky you!) then you've only got one chance anyway.
> 
> However what did it for me was the repeated mantra of "You set/do/adjust that in the app". I think that wouldn't be a way of working that I would be happy with, but who knows in time, maybe...
> 
> I also got to play with an M-A and a (digital) MP. Both felt more comfortable in the hand and somehow a bit more familiar(?) to use. Of the three I felt happiest with the M-A, but it would be a close run thing between that and the M-P.
> 
> All are very similar in price and if I were choosing between Leicas the above comments would stand. However they remain expensive in relative terms.
> 
> Would I buy an M11-D if I wanted a digital camera and I were flush with cash? The answer is that I simply don't know.
> 
> I just want to stress that this is a **very** subjectivereport and the people in the shop had no idea I was going to write this. Nor did I, until read Alan and Frank's comments I thought I would stick my 2p in! :-)
> 
> As for the comparison with the M3...
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 27/09/2024 22:08, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 8:13?AM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
>>> 
>> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> ...
>>> Ever notic how every new DigiM is compared to the M3?  Says something
>>> special about that M3.
>>> 
>>> And there is one more salient comment.... an M3, even form the original
>>> series of manufacture (1953? 1954?) , is still a state of the art camera.
>>> It
>>> has never been eclipsed.  While I like to think of the M6 as THE best M,
>>> with its built in meter, the M3 is equally capable of making equally great
>>> images.  It is no better than an M3.
>> ====================================================================================
>> My silky smooth M3 is 65 years old, and is still my favorite camera ever.
>> I handled an M6 once, but it felt flimsy
>> and cheap in comparison, and I like the viewfinder of the M3 better than
>> all the later M's - it is ideal for my two
>> most-used lenses, the 50 & 85/90 (I like the APSC sensor on my X-E2, since
>> it gives me an 83mm field with a
>> 50mm lens).  And it wasn't a hardship to pair the M3 with my Sekonic L-28
>> for Kodachrome or Panatomic-X;
>> with Tr-X I'd generally estimate exposure from experience.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Dr. Peter Dzwig
> 
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