Thank you.

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Thanks!

Hi Jesper, I think the native range on M cameras you should go for is up to 6'400. Everything beyond 6'400 ISO will have more noise and reduce quality, even if you are an experienced post-processing person. On aperture in meta data for M cameras: there is no electronic contact between M lenses and M bodies, means, the aperture info you will see in metadata is very likely not the truly chosen aperture since the M body can only do an educated guess for the f-value. The only information the camera body receives from the lens (M system) is from a 6 bit optical sensor which you can see on the lens if you take a closer look. But this transports infos like lens type etc. into the camera body (and into metadata) but not the aperture information.

Ooops, sorry to hear :) Thanks for the nice comment!

Will consider, thanks.

You can easily go higher in ISO but will need some post-processing to get the grain away if you don't like grain. Having said that, grain at high ISO on Rangefinders for me looks like the natural grain you get from film roll cameras so adds to the beauty and character of the photo.

@@mathphotographer Thanks for the reply. Right now, I am not concerned about grain/noise. I am just trying to capture images at higher ISO settings. Right now, if I want an ISO higher than the 6400 on the ISO dial, I have to go into the ISO Set-Up in the menu and select only one ISO number from a long list of numbers and assign it to the "M-ISO" setting on the ISO dial. Is this the only way for me to select an ISO higher than 6400?

The sensor of the X1D II is according to DxO the currently best available sensor and I tend to agree with them. I will post a video on the Hasselblad 907X in the next weeks - the 907X has the same sensor as the X1D II, and the image quality is blowing me away, unbelievable!

Thanks!

Will consider, thx for suggesting.

Hi Steve, thanks for the positive feedback. It is normal with all Leica-M rangefinders that depending on the magnification of the optical viewfinder and the size of the lens you can see the lens in the bottom right-hand side corner through the viewfinder. I just tested with my M10-R and the Summicron 35/2 and have the same effect. So this is normal. Leica offers for some M-lenses where the effect is more extreme some additional optical viewfinders. Leica also offers magnifiers which you can screw into your viewfinder (eyepiece), you need to find the right one for your camera if you are interested in such a magnifier, Leica can advise here. But these magnifiers are only good for longer focal length lenses, say, 50mm and higher, because for wide-angle lenses focusing with a magnifier is more difficult and less precise. See here: leica-camera.com/en-int/photography/accessories/viewfinders/viewfinder-magnifier-m-125x . If you want to read more about viewfinder magnification have a look here: www.kenrockwell.com/leica/viewfinder-magnifications.htm I hope this helps but bottom-line is that what you see is normal and I see it as well as everyone else when using the M10-R with the Summicron 35/2.

yes, it's a new sensor technology