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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: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:59:13 +0000
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I'm sure you're right about him, Jasse, us po-faced introverted shoe 
gazers over here in Ireland are always uncertain in the face of such 
wanton initial enthusiasm for anything. He did at least put away the 
rose tinted glasses after his introduction and pointed out some of its 
minor issues. It'll be interesting to see the full review of the actual 
camera in a couple of months.

Douglas

On 13/01/2022 23:20, Jasse Chan via LUG wrote:
> 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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