If black and white photography is your passion, there simply isn’t a better tool available than the Leica M11 Monochrom.
If black and white photography is your passion, there simply isn’t a better tool available than the Leica M11 Monochrom.
I can't wait to get out and use the camera some more, but I can say with confidence that one, this is a meaningful and worthy upgrade over the already outstanding M 246 Monochrom, and two, probably the best tool for black-and-white photography I've ever used.
The M10 is an awesome camera. Apart from somewhat lackluster battery life and possibly the omission of an electronic shutter option, I find it hard to fault.
The adventure industry is booming and there is demand for a high quality, element-proof camera.
For situations requiring speed and versatility, the SL will be hard to beat. With more SL lenses in the pipeline, the system will continue to grow and mature rapidly over the next few years.
Bottom line: there are no disadvantages to the CMOS-based MM246 Monochrom. Not from an image quality point of view, nor that of usability.
Ultimately, Leica did a great job updating the X1 and addressing almost all of its shortcomings while keeping its strengths for the X2.
Taken as a whole, the Leica M9 is the most compact, highest quality image-making tool on the market, with a full frame sensor looking through gorgeous Leica M glass.
