Leica M11 Monochrom announced; 60 megapixel black and white

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Leica has announced a new digital rangefinder camera, the Leica M11 Monochrom. This camera, with its 60-megapixel sensor, can only take black-and-white photos. The advantage is greater light sensitivity and better sharpness.

The camera body is identical to the Leica M11. The sensor has a sensitivity of 125 to 200,000 ISO. There is 256 gigabytes of built-in storage, but you can also use an SD memory card as usual.

The high light sensitivity is possible because the camera has no colour filters. It saves 1 stop, so twice as much light comes in. The lack of a colour filter should also result in greater sharpness in the image.

The body of the M11 Monochrom is colourless too. Leica's familiar red dot is missing.

In 2013, I reviewed its predecessor, the Leica M Monochrom. The Leica M11 Monochrome gets you as close as possible to an analogue experience, with the advantages of digital.

Taking photos in black and white makes you pay more attention to texture and light and shadow. This Leica does make that very permanent, though. The advantage of shooting in colour is that you can decide for each colour how you want to convert it to black and white.

With this camera, you have no influence over this, unless you start working with colour filters during the exposure itself.

The Leica M11 Monochrom is available immediately. The recommended retail price is 9,450 euros. You will of course also need a lens.

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