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: jassechan at gmail.com (Jasse Chan)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:20:27 -0700
References: <701f3b87-90d0-4d83-1e20-2f4f87af0a27@gmail.com> <ECF745C3-2FF8-48E0-BE29-9D55342D2ED2@bex.net> <DM6PR04MB54033AC6FE8BE96EDE546DFEB8529@DM6PR04MB5403.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> <C09A8A0A-AC83-4777-A79B-CD19F3B19D8B@mcmaster.co.uk> <CAJ3Pgh7V-O04UG44URxyPso77iZu4xZr7Emrc8bTNhB6ux2oNQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA+3n+_=CfF9PSPDH8Me7uVgrzRjMCRhERKABoy_TGyvRerO26Q@mail.gmail.com> <0ff78177-2360-f702-902e-180b7cc39b59@iol.ie>

Actually - I really like this guy.  I live south of Calgary - and the
Camera Store he works at is heaven, and I've met him - he's friendly.

He likes Leica, but not as much as Steve Huff used to . . .

thank you for sharing

jasse

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 10:17 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> 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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-- 
Jasse Chan

jassechan at gmail.com


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