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1 hour ago, Tailwagger said:

75mm 'lux

M10-R

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A better way to test this would be to do exposure  ramps -/+ at a fixed ISO, white-balance and aperture and push and pull the files back to baseline exposure to see how the sensors respond to under and over exposure. This will tell you a lot more about how the sensors are different. Perhaps one is better in the shadows or highlights, or maybe the BSI sensor is better in all cases. 

The cameras clearly render colours differently but this could also be related to slight WB differences. 
 

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1 hour ago, sebben said:

A better way to test this would be to do exposure  ramps -/+ at a fixed ISO, white-balance and aperture and push and pull the files back to baseline exposure to see how the sensors respond to under and over exposure. This will tell you a lot more about how the sensors are different. Perhaps one is better in the shadows or highlights, or maybe the BSI sensor is better in all cases. 

The cameras clearly render colours differently but this could also be related to slight WB differences. 
 

Can't disagree, but I'm not sure I have the patience for that at the moment.  As I promised was a vignette test with 'luxes wide open, that's what I shot.  Next thing I'm interested in seeing is if there is an appreciable difference in corner sharpness with the wides. If there's interest I'll pub those results and leave the DR stuff to others. What I will say in that regard is that the M11 files strike me as have a more latitude in the shadows.  Colors emerge more cleanly from them.

Here's a snap of the cat.  First, SooC (60Mpx DNG) into LR, cropped for effect. Taken with the 75mm 'lux, shot again wide open and notably hand held a 1/60", ISO 100. Close examination of the whiskers at 100% show no discernable motion blur.  At this distance, around a meter, the DoF is, of course razor thin with the focus point on the hair over the right eye. 

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Here is the same shot but processed not to taste, but rather to see how well pushing the shadows worked. 

  • Highlights: -42
  • Shadows: +100
  • Whites: +48
  • Blacks: +26
  • All else no changes. 

Anecdotal, but personally, I'm quite impressed with how the well the colors emerge out of the shadows. I'm guessing there's at least as much latitude, if not more than with the 10-R.

 

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Sorry if I don't post images because I only did handheld unscientific non perfect comparisons between the 2 cameras.

I have a beta test M11 and own a M10r. I have been interested in this since I am deciding to upgrade or not (probably I will).

Here is my take. I mainly tested with the 28/1.4 and 50APO since these are the two lenses I use most often.

1) when you choose sunny WB and import to Lightroom - M10r color is somewhat warmer and a little more "brownish". The M11 color seems more neutral. In some cases I really like the M10r color, looks somewhat "organic", but I think the M11 color is more balanced/neutral. I have not yet made up my mind which color I prefer, but I tend to the M11 for overall use.

2) vignetting: Shooting at wider f-stops the M10r does indeed show a little more vignetting than the M11; For me I find the 28/1.4 with the M10r vignettes quite heavy, it is better with the M11. This is a real plus for the M11 for me. I am not sure about this any more - I need to take more shots in different light, right now I feel at least in cloudy light they are about the same (I checked with the 28/1.4 and 50 APO, beta FW)

3) noise...I couldn't detect much difference

4) highlights... both are quite good, maybe the M10r has the slight edge

 

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11 minutes ago, Artin said:

After spending some good time with the M11 and comparing the images with very similar images taken with my M10R with the same lenses. I can say that the M11 is higher resolution, great dynamic range , gentler on older glass, much much better metering. 
 As for the IQ. Alone the M10R is excellent and not far behind the M11. I do find the M10R more punchy and saturated. Also the M10R is more forgiving with motion blur by about 1stop.  With the M10R you can shoot at focal length speed. With M11 bump it up by one stop best with 2bl focal length. 
 As for AWB. I am still trying to figure it out it has been hit and miss with the M11 so far but still early.

I have no issue shooting at (1/2f) sec with M11, and if I calm myself properly, with (1/f) sec. It is the same shutter speed strategy that I use with M10-R and M10M. 

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On 1/14/2022 at 8:28 PM, scroy said:

While waiting for some more comparisons - here's a side by side - I just found...

 

 

 

Those YouTube comparison videos scream fake to me, looking at other videos on that channel it seems like they quickly release auto generated videos in order to gain views and capitalize on latest camera releases

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1 hour ago, SrMi said:

I have no issue shooting at (1/2f) sec with M11, and if I calm myself properly, with (1/f) sec. It is the same shutter speed strategy that I use with M10-R and M10M. 

Exactly what I'm seeing. With proper technique, 1/f is useable, particularly with all the pixels on offer. 1/2f if you hate entertaining any softness.  

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I did some test shots trying to compare the M10-R with the M11. The M11 has a clear advantage in the resolution department. Its files are more detailed (see 100% crops below, probably also due to the APO's higher performance). 

All in all, the image quality is therefore incrementally better with the M11 but one has to take a closer look to notice differences. The main difference I can report  relates to the AWB. It is much cooler (more magenta) on the M11. Here is an example:

M11 + 50 APO (DNG with Adobe Color profile, no edits)

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M10-R + 50 FLE (DNG with Adobe Color profile, no edits)

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And here 100% crops

M11

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21 hours ago, PostTenebras said:

I did some test shots trying to compare the M10-R with the M11. The M11 has a clear advantage in the resolution department. Its files are more detailed (see 100% crops below, probably also due to the APO's higher performance). 

All in all, the image quality is therefore incrementally better with the M11 but one has to take a closer look to notice differences. The main difference I can report  relates to the AWB. It is much cooler (more magenta) on the M11. Here is an example:

M11 + 50 APO (DNG with Adobe Color profile, no edits)

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M10-R + 50 FLE (DNG with Adobe Color profile, no edits)

Thanks for doing these. Two things I'm interested in. One, the color differences between the two with the same white balance. People were gushing over the M11's reds in the Leica Tech talk. If there is any way you could compare reds that'd be terrific. Second, how is the LCD with focus peaking? The M10R has a not-so-great LCD and I find it hard using it for focus peaking. Given that I like using lenses that are longer than 50mm, I'd like to know how well focus peaking works off the LCD with the M11.

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4 hours ago, John Smith said:

Thanks for doing these. Two things I'm interested in. One, the color differences between the two with the same white balance. People were gushing over the M11's reds in the Leica Tech talk. If there is any way you could compare reds that'd be terrific. Second, how is the LCD with focus peaking? The M10R has a not-so-great LCD and I find it hard using it for focus peaking. Given that I like using lenses that are longer than 50mm, I'd like to know how well focus peaking works off the LCD with the M11.

Here is another picture shot with the same combination (M11 + APO 50 and M10-R with 50 FLE), whereby the WB was set to "sunny" (5500 K, +10) on both DNGs. This time, the M11 somehow does seem to have a greener cast. 

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The M11's LCD has more resolution. I have not yet used Live View to focus. I will do some tests with a 90 mm and revert with my initial impressions.

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The M11 has the best color of any Leica camera for me, that was the biggest surprise. It’s the first leica camera that i feel happy with the colors without the need to do any major adjustments on Lightroom or add filters.

My workflow:

Shoot with manual white balance set to daytime (I shoot film, so I prefer to shoot my digital cameras in the same/similar settings to film)

Import to Lightroom —> Set it to adobe standard profile —> retouch highlights / shadows —> export as jpg 

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