PRJ
Another Day in Paradise
I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet. Just saw this in my IG feed.
I’ve owned every Monochrom to date. I’ve used almost nothing else for my personal work since 2012 when the first one came out. The M10M is a really great camera. But I’d probably still be using the MM if the sensor didn’t keep corroding and the buffer held more than 3 photos worth of data.
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My typ 246 was really slow, although Leica told me several times it was fine. It was slow to wake up and had an inexplicable shutter lag at times. I took fewer pictures with it than I did with any other main camera I’ve owned since I started photographing. When it worked it was great.
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But the M10M is great. I can find no real flaws from a user perspective.
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But there is a constant Leica margin In upgrading. If I wanted to get my 4 main lenses calibrated to the new rangefinder of a new camera (and they would need it), it would be $AU1200-1500 and several months. A grip will be $AU660. M11 batteries in Australia are $AU310. Leica Store | Battery BP-SCL7 silver M11 I’m out. Maybe I’ll get an M11M, used, when my M10M breaks.
Marty
You haven’t encountered Leica’s strangely unreliable digital M metering then, I assume? I still have trouble.16 stops of dynamic range? Geez, talk about AI. So in theory, take a shot in any lighting condition at any aperture, at any ASA, and you get a perfectly usable photo. What's the fun in that?
The M11 Mono is $500 more than the M11 in Australia. Leicas are just expensive.IMO the price to IQ ratio is now even more too drastic for a niche camera, were the difference compared to colour sensor conversation is minimal except for high iso.
Other forums disregard the fact there's a focus shift for red filter with monochrome cameras.
I'll wait for a GR monochrome for any mono conveniences...
Now that Pentax have a Monochrome camera I think a lot of people would like a Monochrome GR, me included.