1 00:00:00,090 --> 00:00:04,750 - Today, we're trying something new on ShortCircuit and we're looking at the Leica M11. 2 00:00:04,750 --> 00:00:10,280 So Leica has updated the sensor in this camera. It is now 60 megapixels, backside illuminated 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:15,390 and you can actually use crop modes 1.3 and 1.8 while shooting. 4 00:00:15,390 --> 00:00:18,930 So if you don't want to see your entire image 5 00:00:18,930 --> 00:00:22,820 right off the bat, it'll crop in for you and you don't have to do that in post 6 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:26,900 but you will still retain the entirety of your image. And it's one of those things where Leica 7 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:31,690 wants you to experience as much in camera as possible. 8 00:00:31,690 --> 00:00:35,960 And the experience of using their cameras is the entire point of them. 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,960 The body overall hasn't changed a ton from the M10. 10 00:00:41,390 --> 00:00:45,360 You've got the custom button that was on the front of the camera, 11 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,910 is now on the top of the camera. One of the features I actually really love 12 00:00:48,910 --> 00:00:53,960 about this camera is each button on here. The scroll wheel, for example, is now a button. 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,960 And then the custom button, if you hold them down, 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:01,560 it actually brings up all the features that you can use this for. 15 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:06,810 So for example, if I wanted to change my digital zoom with this dial, 16 00:01:06,810 --> 00:01:10,190 so I can press it once, there's the frame guides for 1.3, 17 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:13,520 press it again, and there's the frame guides for 1.8. 18 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,038 That's handy and if I wanted to do something else 19 00:01:17,038 --> 00:01:20,540 like change my shutter type, I'll press it one more time 20 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:28,150 and that brings me to the shutter menu. So mechanical and electronic, which is the first 4AM camera. 21 00:01:28,270 --> 00:01:31,540 So this camera actually has electronic shutter. 22 00:01:31,540 --> 00:01:35,470 Unfortunately, you're probably going to still have rolling shutter issues 23 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:40,260 like other cameras that have electronic shutter. The readout on this sensor probably isn't quite fast enough 24 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:44,800 for super fast moving objects. But if you're shooting a subject that's fairly still 25 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,280 and you want it to be quiet!, now that's a situation where the electronic shutter 26 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:54,000 on this camera might work to your benefit. On the top of the camera, the ISO dial goes down to 64 27 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,110 which is a significant improvement from 100 and 200 being technically the lowest settings 28 00:02:00,110 --> 00:02:03,490 that you can use on the M10 and 64 ISO is really are gonna help 29 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:08,700 for those really really bright days where you just want that extra lower exposure to protect your highlights. 30 00:02:08,700 --> 00:02:14,120 The shutter speed max on this mechanically is one over 4,000, but thanks to the electronic shutter 31 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,170 if you're shooting something that is a still image, it's actually one over 16,000 32 00:02:18,170 --> 00:02:23,578 which I don't actually have on my M10, quite an interesting experience using an electronic shutter. 33 00:02:23,578 --> 00:02:29,560 Am trying to turn the electronic shutter on. I'm gonna switch it to auto, change my ISO to 64 34 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,023 and see how this performs. 35 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,580 Wow, it actually is very strange to have the experience 36 00:02:36,580 --> 00:02:42,030 on a Leica, not hearing the shutter 'cause the shutter is such an integral part 37 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:48,180 of the shooting experience. I think my favorite physical change on this camera, 38 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:52,540 is the fact that they made the battery plate, well, there is no battery plate. 39 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:59,090 It is just now a single bottom plate that is all attached except for the battery that pops out. 40 00:02:59,090 --> 00:03:02,840 Doesn't fall out when you do that, one press, 41 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:07,340 and the battery comes out. Another addition to the hardware that I really appreciate 42 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:12,970 when I first started using this about a week ago is the camera has 64 gigs built in internal storage now. 43 00:03:12,970 --> 00:03:16,830 Finishing off the bottom of the camera they actually added a type-C port to the bottom as well. 44 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:20,610 And it comes with a type-C and a lightning cable which you can use directly to your iPhone 45 00:03:20,610 --> 00:03:24,840 with the Leica photos app. And you can transfer your photos to your iPhone directly. 46 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,410 If you're curious, I'm using the 35 mil 1.4ASPH 47 00:03:28,410 --> 00:03:32,780 that Leica sent with the camera. If you like modern glass and a very clean look, 48 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:35,870 this pairing would be very good. 49 00:03:35,870 --> 00:03:39,290 But this package together is about $15,000. 50 00:03:39,290 --> 00:03:42,790 So personally I'd probably use a different lens. 51 00:03:42,790 --> 00:03:48,100 One nice thing, but also I have a couple gripes with it is the touch screen on this camera. 52 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:51,880 It's nice that it has a touch screen. So you can open your menu, click here 53 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,210 but then you can't do things like scroll through the menu. 54 00:03:56,210 --> 00:04:00,600 And if I try to click any of these settings, it doesn't work. 55 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:07,010 It's kind of a weird implementation of a touchscreen menu. I still appreciate it because it has, 56 00:04:07,010 --> 00:04:11,300 you can punch in to zoom, change your focus point, 57 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:15,860 or check your focus. In the menu we actually have DNG resolution, 58 00:04:15,860 --> 00:04:20,600 you can change it from 60, 36 or 18. 59 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,150 So when you take an image at 36 megapixels 60 00:04:24,150 --> 00:04:27,600 it will use the full 60 megapixel resolution 61 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,850 compress all the pixels down to 36 megapixels. 62 00:04:30,850 --> 00:04:36,830 So you're essentially taking your full resolution of the sensor and getting extra stop of dynamic range 63 00:04:36,830 --> 00:04:40,760 by using a lower resolution in the camera. This can also go down to 18 megapixels. 64 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,510 So if you need both smaller file sizes for the photos 65 00:04:44,510 --> 00:04:48,420 so you don't need to blow up your image or you don't want as much resolution 66 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:53,160 but you still want the performance of the sensor, you're giving up resolution that you didn't need 67 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,430 for extra dynamic range and better noise performance. 68 00:04:56,430 --> 00:05:00,177 So Andy and I were very curious since we both own different M cameras, I own an M10 69 00:05:00,177 --> 00:05:05,177 and Andy owns an M9, how it compares to the M11. 70 00:05:09,170 --> 00:05:12,543 Wow, that is much louder already. 71 00:05:14,020 --> 00:05:19,020 The shutter is so much slower and the display is horrible. 72 00:05:19,350 --> 00:05:24,070 This is the display I'm working with. I can't even tell if this photo is in focus on this thing. 73 00:05:24,070 --> 00:05:28,160 Okay, so we're gonna go back to the office now and compare the differences 74 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,740 between these three photos and look at some photos that we've already taken on this camera. 75 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:36,330 But before we do that, a word from our sponsor. Thanks Jackery for sponsoring today's video. 76 00:05:36,330 --> 00:05:41,610 Their Explorer 1500 portable power station has enough juice to keep all your devices powered and connected. 77 00:05:41,610 --> 00:05:45,260 It's huge 1500 watt-hour capacity and 1800 watt output rate 78 00:05:45,260 --> 00:05:51,380 allows up to seven devices plugged in simultaneously. 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And that's kind of the nice thing about cameras like this and most cameras these days, 85 00:06:18,810 --> 00:06:23,840 you don't have to force yourself to do a bunch of editing that you don't want to do 86 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:29,180 if you don't want to do it because this camera produces an image that is good already. 87 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:33,010 I actually have a previous edit from a couple days ago 88 00:06:33,010 --> 00:06:37,550 and I'm just gonna apply the settings from that, man. 89 00:06:37,550 --> 00:06:42,060 I think that's one of your advantages with post on most Leica cameras, but particularly this one 90 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:45,900 is the color is so easy to work with in Lightroom. 91 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:51,400 And I didn't really do anything that special with this photo. And it looks really good already. 92 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:56,910 So Jono just asked what the file sizes on some of these photos are, they're about 17 megabytes each 93 00:06:56,910 --> 00:07:01,040 which doesn't sound like a lot but it's one photo being that amount. 94 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:06,040 And then you times that by a thousand it'll add up. So this is that photo we took outside 95 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:11,040 that was at 64 ISO and dang! 96 00:07:11,050 --> 00:07:14,600 That is a clean image. 97 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,100 The last thing I wanna look at with these photos is the comparison that we did 98 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:22,760 between the M9, the M10 and the M11. I know which ones are which, but just right off the bat 99 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:30,140 let's just take a look from left to right here. You can see how much more dynamic range is in the M11, 100 00:07:30,140 --> 00:07:34,440 the M10 and the M9 are right up against 101 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:40,980 on the left in the shadows whereas the M11, that kind of nice gradient up. 102 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:44,810 And you can see it in the photo itself. If you look at this furniture barn building, 103 00:07:44,810 --> 00:07:48,490 the shadows look like they've been lifted in Lightroom 104 00:07:48,490 --> 00:07:52,750 but that's just because the camera itself has that much more dynamic range. 105 00:07:52,750 --> 00:07:57,750 The sky in the M11 photo has a cleaner roll off . 106 00:07:58,450 --> 00:08:03,300 On paper, doesn't feel like a couple stops of dynamic range might be that big of a deal 107 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:07,950 but in really harsh scenarios where the sun is right behind the building 108 00:08:07,950 --> 00:08:11,860 and you're trying to get the sky and whatever is in shadow, 109 00:08:11,860 --> 00:08:16,380 you want the detail for both, that might be the difference between getting a good shot 110 00:08:16,380 --> 00:08:20,970 and not a good shot with the M10 and M11. So here's a bunch photos I took with the M11 111 00:08:20,970 --> 00:08:24,800 the two weeks I had it. I mean, as you can see it doesn't take that much editing 112 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,320 'cause I didn't touch these that much to make the photos look pretty good, in my opinion, 113 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,350 and 60 megapixels is more than any M camera has ever had. 114 00:08:33,350 --> 00:08:36,770 And if you want that resolution to blow up your photos or maybe you're doing commercial work 115 00:08:36,770 --> 00:08:40,960 and you want some fun stuff and you're using an M camera for commercial work, I don't know how common that is, 116 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,490 but the resolution is there if you want it. And I think that this is a pretty good upgrade. 117 00:08:45,490 --> 00:08:48,540 So thank you guys for watching. If you guys want me to check out another camera 118 00:08:48,540 --> 00:08:52,820 that we've never featured on this channel, let me know in the comment down below and please subscribe.