HANDS-ON PREVIEW
How do you objectively compare a highly specialised camera aimed at photography connoisseurs with the best mirrorless cameras? The Sony A7R V or Canon EOS R3 are technical marvels while the Leica M11 Monochrom is a rangefinder design, manual focus only, black-and-white sensor camera that doesn’t shoot video and costs nearly the same as those two cameras combined.
But Leica is renowned for its prestige design and build. It attracts enthusiasts who aren’t after groundbreaking technology, but image quality and the joy of photography. More than any other camera on the market, Leica cameras require you to be a ‘proper’ photographer in a traditional sense. This is the closest you can get to a film-like experience in digital and all the frustrations and triumphs that come with that.
The Monochrom line was introduced by Leica in 2012, and what could have proven a niche too far has been a big success. The M11 Monochrom is the fourth full version in the line and this time, the camera returns with the same 60MP sensor seen in the Leica
