Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] M11 specs say Black body is Heavier, by a lot, than Silver body??????
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:16:56 +0000
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A hands on brief review of the M11 by a middle-ageing fan boy from 
DPReview just posted on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzSv9rc4VyU

Douglas

On 13/01/2022 16:20, Don Dory via LUG 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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