Goodbye Q (Leica Q camera review)

By LR admin | Published: March 26, 2017


This Leica Q camera review is by Ata Mohammad Adnan (Website | Facebook | Flickr):

It took me a good 3-4 years of photography to know about the existence of LEICA- or so I think.

Anyway, I had never thought of buying any, until Leica came out with a revolutionary camera, a high end premium compact camera. I remember owning the Fuji X100S back then but here was a camera that costed 4 times as much, but I was in LOVE and I wanted it badly.

As luck would have it, I won that year’s Sony World Photo Awards for Bangladesh, and I ended up selling my Sony A7R and the 24-70/4 Lens to get hold of a Leica Q(thanks to Leica Cyprus who gave me a great deal).

Fast forward to 2017, and I am on way to say goodbye to this little gem of a camera! Why you ask? In the current mix of things, I feel shifting to the M-system is a better option.

So, here’s my journey with the Leica Q over the past 18 months or so:

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Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 VM lens review (with the Leica M10)

By LR admin | Published: March 26, 2017

Leica M10 lens report: Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 VM lens

General

 

The Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 VM lens ($699) is a good choice for portrait and general people photography as well as low light photography (see the sample photos further down in this post). No matter how experienced you are with a rangefinder camera, manually focusing at 75mm f/1.8 M lens is not an easy task and I highly recommend using a viewfinder magnifier (I do not own one and I did have many photos where I missed the focus when shooting the lens wide open). The total depth of field of a 75mm f/1.8 lens wide open at 10m/32ft is almost 2m/6.5ft. Compare this to the 1.5m/5ft depth of field of a 90mm f/2 lens and you may see another advantage of using 75mm focal length instead of 90mm on a rangefinder. Here is a picture of the focusing scale – you can see that the difference between f/1.9 and f/16 is just a few millimeters:

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Leica Monochrom “Blue Stain” limited edition camera

By LR admin | Published: March 23, 2017



The Leica MP “Blue Stain” limited edition camera is already sold out. In case you liked that particular design, the Leica Monochrome “Blue Stain” is still available for sale at Meister Camera in Germany. The set includes a Monochrom Typ 246 camera with a matching Summilux-M 50mm lens. Only 10 pieces were produced. The finish is brown mordant – a ground coating wich is used by Leica to protect the metal and as a holding primer for the lacquer paint. The price including tax is €18,880, the net export price is €15,875. Here is the product description and a few additional pictures:

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Leica M10 sensor test data added at PhotonsToPhotos, best dynamic range compared to other Leica cameras

By LR admin | Published: March 21, 2017


PhotonsToPhotos added test data for the Leica M10 camera ($6,595) to their website and you can now compare the dynamic range vs. ISO setting between different camera models and manufacturers on this page. Here are a few screenshots – the M10 is the top performer from all full frame Leica cameras except the Monochrom (click for larger view):

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Leica MP “Blue Stain” limited edition camera

By LR admin | Published: March 20, 2017



A new Leica MP “Blue Stain” limited edition camera (only 10 pieces produced) is now available for sale at Meister Camera in Germany for €10,840. More pictures and additional information after the break:

Update – unboxing pictures sent by a reader:

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Leica digest (Summilux-SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens review, black dot replacement for M10)

By LR admin | Published: March 19, 2017


→ A set of six used Leica Summicron-C T2.0 cinema lenses listed for sale at $72,500 (full price: $90,100).


→ David Farkas has some of the best reviews on Leica gear and he just published his review of the Leica Summilux-SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH lens:

“The 50mm Summilux-SL ASPH is a formidable lens, offering sharpness at f/1.4 that is nothing short of extraordinary. Combine that detail with luscious bokeh and lovely color rendition and you have the makings of an incredible lens. Leica set out to make a statement with its first prime SL lens, and they have mostly succeeded. It’s not perfectly perfect. There is a fair amount of vignetting wide open (which I quite like), focus is on the slow side, minimum focus distance is a touch long and the lens is a bit of a beast. But if you can live with these minor shortcomings, the 50 SL will reward you with some astonishing results.

Bottom line: If you are looking for a remarkable quality high-speed lens for your Leica SL, the 50 Lux is probably the ticket.”


→ Black dot replacement for Leica M10 now available for sale at MGR.

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Quick hands-on review of the Handevision IBERIT lenses on a Leica M10 camera

By LR admin | Published: March 19, 2017



Several readers have been asking me to post some sample photos taken with the new Handevision IBERIT lenses for Leica M mount (check pricing and availability at B&H and Adorama). Here are 37 sphotos taken with the Handevision IBERIT 35mm f/2.4, 50mm f/2.4 and 75mm f/2.4 lenses on a Leica M10 camera (the jpg files are straight from the camera, no correction or post processing, full resolution pictures can be found on flickr):

Handevision IBERIT lenses for Leica M mount sample pictures

The Handevision IBERIT lenses have a smooth focusing ring and good ergonomics. The lenses are pre-6-bits-coded, meaning the white markings are present on the lens but you still have to fill them up with a black marker (click on pictures for larger view):

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