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Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice, Alabama Hills
The page looks at performance of the Leica M10 Monochrom with the Leica 18mm f/3.8 Super-Elmar-M ASPH.
No filtration used, because there is no easy way to use one with the 18/3.8.
Includes images at intermediate sizes up to full camera resolution, plus crops.
Sliding Sand
Sand avalanches make a low airplane rumble aka Singing Sand. It is about 10X faster to descend this stuff than to ascend even packed sand, but nearly impossible to ascend this steeply inclined wall.
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Diglloyd Guide to LEICA contains in-depth coverage of Leica M system cameras and lenses, with additional coverage of Leica M Monochrom, Leica Q.
Special emphasis is placed on Leica M lenses and certain Zeiss ZM lenses.
- Make better images by learning how to get the best results right away.
- Save money by choosing the right lens for your needs the first time, particularly the Summilux/Summicron/Elmarit choice and/or Zeiss ZM.
- Make better images, a sort of “cheat sheet” saving yourself months or years of ad-hoc learning. Processing parameters are discussed and shown.
- Jaw-dropping image quality found nowhere else utilizing Retina-grade images up to full camera resolution, plus large crops [past 2 years or so].
- Real world examples with insights found nowhere else. Make sharper images just by understanding lens behavior you won’t read about elsewhere.
- Aperture series from wide open through stopped down, showing the full range of lens performance and bokeh.
- Optical quality analysis of field curvature, focus shift, sharpness, flare, distortion, and performance in the field.
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