Bob W wrote:
A few weeks ago I bought a used Leica M typ-262, which is my first 24x36mm digital camera. I haven't had chance to use it until earlier this evening, when I took it for an hour's walk along the river in the late evening light. The aim was to get colour and light, and see how I liked using it (a lot!).
Ah, the "less is more" Leica.
Apart from the first, and the 'Discover Greenwich' one where I slightly adjusted the verticals, these are uncropped. Processed in Lightroom: Medium contrast curve preset; Punch preset; Sharpen preset. On one or two of them you can see some vignetting. This is because they were shot on my 35/1.4 lens, whose hood is so battered it intrudes. I need to buy a new one. Other lenses: 50/2; 90/2.8. It's very nice to be shooting 24x36 again, and it is really a lovely camera to use. Very happy with the results. http://www.web-options.com/T262/
Very nice work. Some of the shadows are deep enough to pretty much lose detail on my display. One of the joys of the 24x36 sensor is the latitude of adjustment available to you. It would be interesting to compare sensor performance, workflow, and ISO invariance between the Leica and the K-1.
I can certainly see the advantage of the stripped down system and simpler menus. I can also see advantage of one of the menu items being the option of enabling all of the other menu items that have been stripped out. Of course, they implemented this feature with the VISA protocol. All you need to do is spend another $5,000 and you can have a stripped down menu as well as a full featured menu.
B p.s. the parrot is only resting.
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