Category: Photography

I was reading a review of the Leica M10 by a photographer that had been putting it through its paces over the last three months.

I was particularly taken with some dark and moody Black & Whites he had taken.

Now with my Leica M4 I generally shoot black and white, also with my Leica M8 I shoot black and white but with the M10 I have been shooting mainly colour.

With amazing colour like this below you can see why.

In side the church I was shooting medium format on my tripod but took a three quick snapshots with my Leica M10.

The first shot was at 1/30 second wide open with my 24mm Elmar-M.  Its under exposed but reasonably sharp.  The second two shots were blurred but at least correctly exposed.

The top shot I did recover a little with the fantastic DR available with the M10 but I left it dark to keep it moody.

Leica have updated their roadmap for the Leica SL system.

 

• Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH: coming in 2017
• Leica APO-Summicron-SL 90mm f/2 ASPH: Spring 2018
• Leica Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH: Spring 2018
• Leica Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH: Spring 2018

Read more: https://leicarumors.com/

 

While walking Timmy along the beach front, I indulged in a bit of bokeh.

The Leica M10 and a 50mm Summilux was the tool of choice.

During the holiday we made a trip to Bungay, there is a nice fabric shop there, so while Caroline was indulging in some retail therapy I had a wonder round the local church to take a few snaps.

We are starting to hear rumours that Leica will make some new product announcements in October.  Will this be a new compact ready for Christmas or something a bit more interesting?

Good weather does not always make the best photographs but I managed a few nice snaps on Southwold’s front.

If the rumours are true then Olympus is about to update the OM-D E-M10 to the Mk III revision.

Like the little Olympus Pen-F its a camera I like.  Small but very powerful.  

I had the privilege to be allowed to test the original M10 for the day by Olympus and I was very impressed.  

It’s certainly a compact killer and for many would make a replacement to an SLR.

While scouting the church for my picture of the month I took a few snapshots.  Even with the widest lens I had I could not get all the church in so I shot a series of pictures with about 30% overlap.  Then in Lightroom I merged them together to create this Pano.

Sony, Canon and Nikon seem to be leading the megapixel race at the moment.  The D800 series while not always as high resolution as the Canon 5D, leads in dynamic range when considering the high resolution options.  The Sony mirrorless gives you a slightly small body option.

Its hard to think about Medium Format when you have bodies as capable as those.

My digital work is now all Nikon D800 and Leica M10, 35mm full frame 36 MP and 24 MP.  I generally shoot the Medium Format and Large Format just for fun.  When looking at cost and resolution 35mm seems to be winning the war, unless you need a 100 or 200 MP Medium Format monster.