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Totally agree, I have a M10 R Black Paint and M11 M. I would never give up my M10 R for any future model. Fantastic camera with a retro feel that is slightly lost in the M11 in my opinion.

Great Video

Beautiful advice. Haha reason I am really buying this camera: Going to Cuba! And just got done on a Greenland Leica workshop with a bunch of M officianados. Well followed your advice. Appreciate it! Got the 75mm APO summ too

Thanks Greg

3:38 Every Elmarit Asph 28 is coded. Top tip for 50mm is the Summarit 50 f2.5, best bokeh of all non-Summilux Leica lenses, because it is non-aspherical. Just as sharp if not sharper than the Summicron 50. Hidden gem in the lineup.

I had the same experience. I took the M11P and the 35APO to Rio last year. It forced me to see the world at 35mm. I’ve been on landscape trips with a full kit - SL body and four lenses, but the trip with one camera one body, I came home with more keepers and photos that I printed than any other trip. Great video!

What exact lens model is your 35 mm f1.4 lens do you have?

I've enjoyed my Canon Vt Deluxe since 1981 and still havent had to change the batteries.😊📷

Great kit! Perfect setup for a rangefinder! Very well produced video too!

That’s a great selection of lenses for travel at superb prices! I picked up a (ridiculous) number of M lenses from Josh at Leica Store Miami over the past two years. They include several you mentioned (Elmarit 28 mm and Summicron 90 in Silverchrome). These render differently than my Summilux 28 and APO-Summicron 90 and I love them. If you ever have a need to do close-up work, the newer versions of the Summilux 35, APO-Summicron 35, and Summilux 50 are a delight to use. At subject distances < 0.7 m, they’ll require using the rear LCD screen or an EVF. I’ve also had good luck with the Macro-Elmar 90 collapsible + the Macro Adapter M.

I wish I’d kept my M10-R. The colours are much nicer than the M11 series.

I had the M11-P and returned it, because the copy I got had an extreme pinkish colour tint. Resulting in hard blues and snow literally gets pink. Trying to remove it in post was impossible, because the corrections had to be done shifted the image into green. Does someone know if that was a bad sensor batch or so? Appreciate any reply!

M11 Monochrom shooter here. I wait for the M12-P hopefully coming with in body image stabilisation 😊

Good on you going with Leica glass for your Leica camera, that's the way to go. This said a 35mm is all you need for travel, it makes no sense to go on a trip with more than one lens. I only take multiple lenses for editorial assignments. Holidays and travels, just one lens is needed.

M10-R is sweet

I was lmao for the first few seconds. I just did exactly that. I bought m11-p justifying i was going to sell my m10. Immediately after i purchased, you know the rest.

I use the same focal lengths, but with different lenses. I changed summicron V5 to summilux ASPH because I’m also 50mm guy and use it nearly always so decided to spent a little more for that one extra stop of light. And I never liked the bokeh summicron made. For 28mm, I also have elmarit. Actually 2, the pre-ASPH v4 and my latest purchase, Elmarit-M ASPH. They both have unique place in my heart but for different reasons. For 90mm, I first started with Tele-Elmarit-M (thin), which I never liked. Sure it was small and light for travel, but for some reason it never felt right. I changed it to newer Elmarit-M which is totally different beast in IQ. That I would only change for APO Summicron.

I think the Leica q3 is a much better value.

It was in Havana on the second day that my Leica gave up. Not the place to find a Leica Shop. Not that it would have mattered. If I sent one of my Leicas for repair, it was always a lottery. The camera could be repaired for free or at a reasonable price, the camera could be repaired at an enormous cost, the camera could not be repaired. Whatever the outcome, it took a very long time. No more Leicas with electronics in them for me. I just have my mechanical MP. A beauty. And I don’t have to rely on a functioning light meter. I felt cheated that I paid so much money for junk electronics.

Its nice to have two bodies..... No lens changes....

Sell the Leica set up and buy a Fuji X100V and with the extra cash you can feed a Cuban family of 8 for at least two years...with no appreciable loss of image quality.

I can’t show you any images of Havana, because the electronics of my Leica gave up the second day.

I enjoyed hearing your insights!

Lots of comments about the pricing. Although I love my Leica setup for the experience the Fujifilm x100V or X100VI are great choices on a lower budget. If you have a bit more, the Leica Q3 is great.

A Leica M10-p owner: 28mm , 50mm V4 and 90mm Pre-Asph Summicrons as travel around kit. Or when I want really small I take the Leica CL with the 16mm, 30mm and 56mm Sigma’s with me.

I subscribed, you too

Such a compact light travel photography setup. I think that's very important because the vacation/holiday and enjoying yourself is the priority, but it's also nice to capture some great images too! Every camera manufacturer has similar so just pick something similar...For me it's a Fujifilm X-Pro 3 with a 16 f2.8, 23 f2 and 50 f2 - in FF terms a 24mm, 35mm and 75mm.

Excellent video and narrative! Totally agree with ‘One Camera, One Lens’ philosophy to photography! Identical to my thinking for the past 4 decades. I have approached my photography from composition value and concentrate on ‘understanding and seeing’ what a fixed-focal length lens (21, 28, 135mm etc.) can deliver in imaging terms. However, trying to convince the average photographer on the street or in a camera club, etc. …. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE!

An 11-P + lens is out of reach for me at this point. It's the best camera I could which for. In the meantime I have a Q3 which I love. other than the focal length it check's all the boxes in this video. I'm used to the 28mm and sometimes I which a 24mm though. My ideal setup would be an 11P with a 24mm, 35/40 and a 90mm.

I’m having this very ‘crisis’ right now. I just can’t quite trade the 10r, but can’t afford to keep 2 Ms.

My three lens set-up: Dual-Hexanon 21/35mm, Summilux 1.4/50mm and Tele-Elmarit-M 2.8/90mm

You need a back up camera anyway N'est pas? I have sold cameras and lenses in the past to upgrade but despite having a Nikon ZF now I've kept my D850. Just can't part with it. Great vid.

Solid story 🎉 Thanks for sharing😊

Yay that's the exact setup I just bought in Japan!

The M perspective control is great, not fond of the M11, I prefer the M10. The crop thing to get a 50 mil equivalent with a 35 is absolutely wrong, those focal length render completely differently

Sounds a lot like a modern Fujifilm X100VI 😂

Thank you for your video! Could you tell which shutter is louder? The M10-R or the M11-P? Is it a big difference? For my work shutter sound is important.

sorry, I don't have extra $15k 🤩

So where’s that external battery link…? I see no “notes” in the description…

but nobody will use a 20K-Setup for a holiday in Havana.....

Great video and you made good points. Ultimately, I’ve settled on a different approach with an M11 paired with a 28mm Summicron v2 and 50mm Summilux ASPH. Yes, it does mean changing lenses, but I like the option of having two FOVs when travelling - with a wide angle and normal lens make for a dynamic combo. However, if you just want one lens then I think a 35mm Summilux is the way to go and 60mp gives you immense cropping power as you mentioned. I felt like I wanted a change after using 35mm as my go to for 10 years on Fujifilm X100 cameras and I’m pleased with this setup. But you can’t go wrong either way.

With all due respect, you are going for the Elon, Jeff, Bill and Warren subscribers, good luck with that. The masses are looking for cheaper budget friendly cameras that will not deprive their families of a place to live

Thanks! Absolutely a great combination but until Leica adds image stabilization, it's not my "ideal". A stabilizing feature would certainly expand the capability for those the low light and close in shots you mentioned without taking away from the old-school mechanical operation (like autofocus would). Is there something about the camera's styling or internals that argues against it?

I have the Q2...can't imagine getting any other camera.

Excellent video.

Enjoyed this video. Thanks Greg.

yes you are right, but you have 8k? 12k? combination in your hand??

Yeah I agree. Same background. Also own the R5. I use a Q3 though. Manual focus is not for me

Can we see your photos of Cuba? 😊