Recent content by James J

went to a wedding in spain and took the M11 and 50mm f0.95 noctilux. Still a lovely combo

Got an email saying that there's a new firmware out for the M11 - 2.02 apparently. Not sure what the changes are but its likely a hot fix for something if it launched that soon after the previous one? actually its as follows: Changes and improvements: New The dust protection function can...

was about to say the same thing. A long time ago I had a D3 and I bought it used with a heavy shutter count and the thing never missed a beat. In fact, its the only camera I ever regretted selling!

Probably just an uncoded lens and the profile is set wrong in the camera. Maybe due to a preference of frame lines or something?

Looks like classic Lens rendering to me as they have a “wonky” focal plane that pushes some areas back into focus depending on which aperture and angle of the photo. My Leica 50mm f/0.95 noctilux is well known for the same effect and some times it can really make a photo but other times be a bit...

Yeah if you think that’s bad, you pay a heavy import tax as well if you get them direct lol

Oberwerth make arguably the nicest camera bags on the market. Premium leather, extreme attention to detail and beautifully made. Their camera straps are also the best quality but none of them are cheap.

Leica M11-P has been released and with it a new firmware that increases dynamic range in the M11. Going to hold off trying it as my M11 is perfect so I don’t want to upset it lol

The block is avoided by investing time in a few different types of photography. I focus on bird photography in the colder months when atmospheric distortion is much lower and there’s more diffuse light and then landscape and macro in the warmer months. There’s some theme based competitions on...

Some shots from Mexico with the M11 very fun!

I’ll get hold of one of the adapters and try my lens on my A1. The Noctilux is one of my favourite lenses

Leica 50mm f0.95 Noctilux is a very difficult Lens to use but wide open it can generate some insanely good micro contrast and obviously wild bokeh. The Lens has some field curvature and has an insane level of purple fringing wide open but it’s by far my most fun lens to use. Could have saved...

It’s just the compression by making it a much smaller photo

Bit of Leica magic to spruce up a wedding

I owned a 400 2.8G briefly which squealed a lot when first arriving but only for a few seconds after I had left it in different positions per day for a week to see if it was a lubricant distribution issue. It did get better but the squeal never went away but the AF worked flawlessly. More of an...