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Leica M10 Monochrom

rangefinder full frame 40MP @ 7864x5200

See also: Leica M, Leica monochrom, black and white
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2023-04-25 Feature Upgrades, Leica M11 Monochrom  vs Leica M10 Monochrom

2021-03-12 Lug Rings for Easily Connecting Any Camera Strap on Fujifilm GFX100S, Leica M10-R, Leica M10M, other cameras with small-hole lugs

2021-02-12 Reader Comment: Black and White Photography “samples you have are some of the best I have seen” + How to Process

2021-02-07 How Good is the Sony A7R IV for Monochrome vs the Leica M10 Monochrom and/or Nikon D850 Monochrome?

2021-02-02 Just How Good is the Fujifilm GFX100S for Monochrome vs the Leica M10 Monochrom and/or Nikon D850 Monochrome?

2021-02-02 Reader Comment: Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica SL2

2021-02-02 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Aperture Series: Sulfur Mine Processing Gear (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-26 Leica M10 Monochrom: Filter Comparison (Sulfur Mine, Death Valley)

2021-01-24 Leica M10 Monochrom: Dynamic Range Under Conditions of Underexposure

2021-01-24 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Boulders to Mt Whitney Range (Leica M10 Monochrom)

Leica M10 Monochrom

Leica M 40 megapixel monochrome sensor..

1. Overview of Leica M10 Monochrome
2. Leica M10 Monochrome Tonal Gradation in Dark Tones
3. Leica M10m Sensor Bifurcation
4. Leica M10 Monochrome Dynamic Range, Auto vs Manual Exposure
5. Leica M10 Monochrome Noise Discussion
6. Leica M10 Monochrome Usable Dynamic Range with Underexposure
7. Leica M10 Monochrome Long Exposures at ISO 160
8. Color Filters on Leica M10 Monochrome
9. Black Dots on White Spots Digital Artifacts
10. Noise, ISO 160 to 100000 (Persimmon Tree)
11. Infrared with Leica M10 Monochrom
12. Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice
13. Examples: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine Lake, Mt Whitney Trail
14. Leica M10 Monochrom: Alternatives
15. Leica M10 Monochrom: Conclusions

Leica M10

Leica M mount in slim body with SL-type sensor..

1. Overview of Leica M10

Leica M Monochrom (original)

Ultimate resolution in black and white..

1. Filters for Black and White
2. Leica M Monochrome: Filters and Focus Error / Sharpness
3. Filters with MM on Leica 50/2 APO ASPH

Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH

Leica’s widest prime lens..

1. Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice, Alabama Hills

Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH

Leica’s best-performing 24mm, and with a flat field..

1. Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice
2. Examples: Alabama Hills (Leica M10M)
3. Examples: Mt Whitney Trail (Leica M10M)
4. Aperture Series: Black Pumice on Sand Moonscape (Leica M10 Monochrom)
5. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Boulders to Mt Whitney Range (Leica M10 Monochrom)
6. Aperture Series: Sunstar Over as yet Unfrozen Beaver Pond (Leica M10 Monochrom)

Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Leica’s fast 28mm..

1. Aperture Series: Backlit Snowy Meadow (Leica M10 Monochrome)
2. Aperture Series: Waning Sun on Aspen Winter Wonderland, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10M)

Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

High performance but flawed 50mm normal lens..

1. Focus Shift with Color Filters on Leica M Monochrom
2. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10M)
3. Aperture Series: Sulfur Mine Processing Gear (Leica M10M)

Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH

Leica’s longer tele for Leica M..

1. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10M)

Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-R ASPH

Compact lens for portraiture or similar..

1. Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice
2. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10M)

Leica 100mm f/2.8 APO-Macro-Elmarit-R

Superb all-around macro and general-purpose lens..

1. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Mt Whitney Drainage (Leica M10M)

Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon

Fast and ultra high performance moderate wide angle rangefinder lens..

1. Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice
2. Aperture Series: Spotlight on Dark Side of Dunes Summit (Leica M10 Monochrom)
3. Aperture Series: View to Southern Dunes Spur from Eureka Dunes Summit (Leica M10 Monochrom)

Monochrome Overview

Overview..

1. Examples of Monochrome Imagery

Examples and How They Were Made

Examples of how images were made...

1. Making of “Solo Hiker near Summit of Eureka Dunes” (Leica M10 Monochrom)

Fujifilm GFX100 Image Quality

Aspects of image quality..

1. Fujifilm GFX100: Monochrome Conversions, Perspective

Sony Alpha A7R IV

4th Generation standard-setting camera..

1. Sony A7R IV: Monochrome Conversions, Perspective

Blog posts, reverse chronological

2023

2023-04-25 Feature Upgrades, Leica M11 Monochrom  vs Leica M10 Monochrom

2021

2021-03-12 Lug Rings for Easily Connecting Any Camera Strap on Fujifilm GFX100S, Leica M10-R, Leica M10M, other cameras with small-hole lugs

2021-02-12 Reader Comment: Black and White Photography “samples you have are some of the best I have seen” + How to Process

2021-02-07 How Good is the Sony A7R IV for Monochrome vs the Leica M10 Monochrom and/or Nikon D850 Monochrome?

2021-02-02 Just How Good is the Fujifilm GFX100S for Monochrome vs the Leica M10 Monochrom and/or Nikon D850 Monochrome?

2021-02-02 Reader Comment: Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica SL2

2021-02-02 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Aperture Series: Sulfur Mine Processing Gear (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-26 Leica M10 Monochrom: Filter Comparison (Sulfur Mine, Death Valley)

2021-01-24 Leica M10 Monochrom: Dynamic Range Under Conditions of Underexposure

2021-01-24 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Boulders to Mt Whitney Range (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-23 Leica 100mm f/2.8 APO-Macro-Elmarit-R Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Mt Whitney Drainage (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-22 Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-R ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-22 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Lone Pine Peak and Mt Whitney (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-22 Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica M10-R and Lenses Reader Comment: Why Review Leica at All?

2021-01-17 Leica M10 Monochrom vs Leica M10-R: Snowy Mountainside

2021-01-15 Black Dots in White Spots 'Pimples': is Leica 'Cooking' the Raw Data with Acutance-Enhancing Imaging Pipeline? (CONFIRMED by a reader, also REPLICATED with Leica M10-R)

2021-01-14 Leica M10 Monochrom Examples: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine Lake, Mt Whitney Trail

2021-01-09 Leica 28mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Aperture Series: Backlit Snowy Meadow, Lundy Canyon (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-06 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Ancient Tree Trunk at Lone Pine Lake (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-06 Leica M10 Monochrome: Long Exposures at Night

2021-01-06 Leica M10 Monochrome: an Essay on Its Noise Characteristics vs Alternatives

2021-01-02 Leica M10 Monochrom: Bifurcated Sensor Defect, Might be Unfixable Hardware Problem (UPDATED with comments), also Affects Leica M10-R, Leica SL2

2021-01-02 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: View to Southern Dunes Spur from Eureka Dunes Summit (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-02 Leica M10 Monochrom Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice

2021-01-02 Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon Aperture Series: Spotlight on Dark Side of Eureka Dunes Summit (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2021-01-02 Leica M10 Monochrom: Dynamic Range and Exposure, Alternatives, Conclusions

2021-01-01 Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar-M ASPH Aperture Series: Black Pumice on Sand Moonscape (Leica M10 Monochrom)

2020

2020-12-31 Leica M10 Monochrom: digital artifacts — White Spots on Black Dots — “Pimples”

2020-12-25 Leica M10 Monochrom, Reader Comments

2020-12-23 Leica M10 Monochrom, Eureka Dunes

2020-12-18 Actively Shooting Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica M10-R

2020-12-16 Really Right Stuff L-bracket for the Leica M10/10R/10M

2020-12-16 Heading Out to Shoot with The Leica M10-R and Leica M10 Monochrom

2020-12-15 Leica M10 Monochrom is Also an Infrared Camera

2020-12-14 Leica M10 Monochrom ISO Series from 160 to 100000: Persimmon Tree

2020-12-13 Tips for Notably Sharper Images on the Leica M10 Monochrom, Leica M Monochrome (Typ 246), etc

2020-12-13 Leica M10 Monochrome: Filters and Focus Error / Sharpness

2020-07-25 Reader Comments: Leica M10 monochrome

2020-07-17 Leica M10-R and Leica M10 Monochrom: 40-Megapixel Sensor, but Nil New Design Thinking —  with essay by Roy P