WEBVTT 00:00:00.090 --> 00:00:04.750 - Today, we're trying something new on ShortCircuit and we're looking at the Leica M11. 00:00:04.750 --> 00:00:10.280 So Leica has updated the sensor in this camera. It is now 60 megapixels, backside illuminated 00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:15.390 and you can actually use crop modes 1.3 and 1.8 while shooting. 00:00:15.390 --> 00:00:18.930 So if you don't want to see your entire image 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 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 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:31.690 wants you to experience as much in camera as possible. 00:00:31.690 --> 00:00:35.960 And the experience of using their cameras is the entire point of them. 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:40.960 The body overall hasn't changed a ton from the M10. 00:00:41.390 --> 00:00:45.360 You've got the custom button that was on the front of the camera, 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:48.910 is now on the top of the camera. One of the features I actually really love 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. 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.960 And then the custom button, if you hold them down, 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:01.560 it actually brings up all the features that you can use this for. 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:06.810 So for example, if I wanted to change my digital zoom with this dial, 00:01:06.810 --> 00:01:10.190 so I can press it once, there's the frame guides for 1.3, 00:01:10.190 --> 00:01:13.520 press it again, and there's the frame guides for 1.8. 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:17.038 That's handy and if I wanted to do something else 00:01:17.038 --> 00:01:20.540 like change my shutter type, I'll press it one more time 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. 00:01:28.270 --> 00:01:31.540 So this camera actually has electronic shutter. 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:35.470 Unfortunately, you're probably going to still have rolling shutter issues 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 00:01:40.260 --> 00:01:44.800 for super fast moving objects. But if you're shooting a subject that's fairly still 00:01:44.800 --> 00:01:48.280 and you want it to be quiet!, now that's a situation where the electronic shutter 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 00:01:54.000 --> 00:02:00.110 which is a significant improvement from 100 and 200 being technically the lowest settings 00:02:00.110 --> 00:02:03.490 that you can use on the M10 and 64 ISO is really are gonna help 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. 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 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 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. 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 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:31.023 and see how this performs. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:36.580 Wow, it actually is very strange to have the experience 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:42.030 on a Leica, not hearing the shutter 'cause the shutter is such an integral part 00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:48.180 of the shooting experience. I think my favorite physical change on this camera, 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:52.540 is the fact that they made the battery plate, well, there is no battery plate. 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. 00:02:59.090 --> 00:03:02.840 Doesn't fall out when you do that, one press, 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:07.340 and the battery comes out. Another addition to the hardware that I really appreciate 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. 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. 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 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:24.840 with the Leica photos app. And you can transfer your photos to your iPhone directly. 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:28.410 If you're curious, I'm using the 35 mil 1.4ASPH 00:03:28.410 --> 00:03:32.780 that Leica sent with the camera. If you like modern glass and a very clean look, 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:35.870 this pairing would be very good. 00:03:35.870 --> 00:03:39.290 But this package together is about $15,000. 00:03:39.290 --> 00:03:42.790 So personally I'd probably use a different lens. 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. 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 00:03:51.880 --> 00:03:56.210 but then you can't do things like scroll through the menu. 00:03:56.210 --> 00:04:00.600 And if I try to click any of these settings, it doesn't work. 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, 00:04:07.010 --> 00:04:11.300 you can punch in to zoom, change your focus point, 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:15.860 or check your focus. In the menu we actually have DNG resolution, 00:04:15.860 --> 00:04:20.600 you can change it from 60, 36 or 18. 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:24.150 So when you take an image at 36 megapixels 00:04:24.150 --> 00:04:27.600 it will use the full 60 megapixel resolution 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.850 compress all the pixels down to 36 megapixels. 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 00:04:36.830 --> 00:04:40.760 by using a lower resolution in the camera. This can also go down to 18 megapixels. 00:04:40.760 --> 00:04:44.510 So if you need both smaller file sizes for the photos 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 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 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.430 for extra dynamic range and better noise performance. 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 00:05:00.177 --> 00:05:05.177 and Andy owns an M9, how it compares to the M11. 00:05:09.170 --> 00:05:12.543 Wow, that is much louder already. 00:05:14.020 --> 00:05:19.020 The shutter is so much slower and the display is horrible. 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. 00:05:24.070 --> 00:05:28.160 Okay, so we're gonna go back to the office now and compare the differences 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. 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. 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. 00:05:41.610 --> 00:05:45.260 It's huge 1500 watt-hour capacity and 1800 watt output rate 00:05:45.260 --> 00:05:51.380 allows up to seven devices plugged in simultaneously. Takes only four hours to recharge it up from zero to 80%. 00:05:51.380 --> 00:05:55.800 Check out the Explorer 1500 at the link below and get 10% off with code LinusTechTips. 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:01.400 So here's this first photo of Cloverdale Coin Laundry. And right off the bat, you can tell the color 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:06.360 is what I would expect from a Leica camera, it's not overly saturated. 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:11.030 It has kind of a warmer tone, even though it's an overcast day in this shot, 00:06:11.030 --> 00:06:14.530 you could post this photo as it is. You wouldn't really need to do that much editing 00:06:14.530 --> 00:06:18.810 if you didn't want to. And that's kind of the nice thing about cameras like this and most cameras these days, 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 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. 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:33.010 I actually have a previous edit from a couple days ago 00:06:33.010 --> 00:06:37.550 and I'm just gonna apply the settings from that, man. 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 00:06:42.060 --> 00:06:45.900 is the color is so easy to work with in Lightroom. 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. 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 00:06:56.910 --> 00:07:01.040 which doesn't sound like a lot but it's one photo being that amount. 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 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:11.040 that was at 64 ISO and dang! 00:07:11.050 --> 00:07:14.600 That is a clean image. 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:18.100 The last thing I wanna look at with these photos is the comparison that we did 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 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, 00:07:30.140 --> 00:07:34.440 the M10 and the M9 are right up against 00:07:34.440 --> 00:07:40.980 on the left in the shadows whereas the M11, that kind of nice gradient up. 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, 00:07:44.810 --> 00:07:48.490 the shadows look like they've been lifted in Lightroom 00:07:48.490 --> 00:07:52.750 but that's just because the camera itself has that much more dynamic range. 00:07:52.750 --> 00:07:57.750 The sky in the M11 photo has a cleaner roll off . 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 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:07.950 but in really harsh scenarios where the sun is right behind the building 00:08:07.950 --> 00:08:11.860 and you're trying to get the sky and whatever is in shadow, 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:16.380 you want the detail for both, that might be the difference between getting a good shot 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 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 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, 00:08:29.320 --> 00:08:33.350 and 60 megapixels is more than any M camera has ever had. 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 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, 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. 00:08:45.490 --> 00:08:48.540 So thank you guys for watching. If you guys want me to check out another camera 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.