Leica M-Monochrom review

May 10, Part 1: The Leica M-Monochrom review

The focus of Leica’s May 10 announcement landed in my hands a few days ago (not counting the X2, which was reviewed here); I suppose that Facebook post might have done the trick. This will be…

via Ming Thein | Photographer: http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/05/23/leica-m-monochrom/

can be set to ISO 2500 with little noise penalty – at 100% magnification it appears as very, very fine grain; perhaps comparable to an ISO 400 B&W film. Better yet, there doesn’t appear to be much loss of dynamic range, either