What the camera saw

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From that banal first shot still in the Leica Store on January 14-th, my M11 has seen a lot in more than ten months. Here are some pictures that went through it. But first, a trigger warning: there won’t only be sunsets, flowers and cute cats. There also was sickness and death. If you don’t want to see that, don’t click through!

Superlative Normal Lens

A beacon

Suddenly owning the Leica APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH. is a bit of a shock. Despite its focal length, it is anything but normal. Challenging would be more like it. Every time I dive into the files it produces on the M11 sensor, my jaw drops.

Two Kinds of APO

Color where there shouldn’t be

Sometimes the Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 50 mm produces color fringes to a surprising extent. Like in the image above.

Clouds

Ansel and Martin meet.

Lately, I’ve been fascinated with clouds: