M11 Banding issues in the corners

[panchalpratik]

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4 minutes ago, hdmesa said:

Processing power of an iPhone is exponentially better (CPU + GPU + Neural Engine + RAM). Quality of the screens are not even close, either.

X100V is displaying a 24mp file, which downsizes more efficiently without banding than does a 60mp file.

That said, I don't think it's a processing power limitation, I think it's about thermal efficiency. I'd rather see banding than have the M11 get really hot to the touch like the X100V sometimes does.

You make a valid point! I stepped into this thread because I'm new to the M11 (barely a week in) and I noticed this on my screen. I would also prefer better thermal efficiency and battery life over on-camera previews. Interestingly, when I transferred the jpeg to my phone using the Leica fotos app over wifi, it showed all that banding; making me question the utility of transferring quick jpegs straight from the camera to the phone! Again, something I didn't face with my X100V. I wonder how this stacks up against other higher-resolution cameras out there like the A7RV, X2D, GFX, etc. for on-camera jpeg previews. Would also be interesting to compare this with SL2 (Maestro III) or Q3 (Maestro IV)?

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[jaapv]

1 hour ago, hdmesa said:

I don't think it's a processing power limitation, I think it's about thermal efficiency.

That is basically the same.  Processing generates heat. For the same reason you don't have video  in small-bodied M cameras.

[hdmesa]

1 hour ago, jaapv said:

That is basically the same.  Processing generates heat. For the same reason you don't have video  in small-bodied M cameras.

I think we’re saying the same thing. I was trying to say the limits on processing power are dictated by the M thermal requirements.