Leica M11 Review - The most enjoyable M-series camera yet? 

You guys remain in a class by yourself with both the comprehensiveness of the content and the creativity of the video. That "night to day" walking shot: Amazing, Jordan. Thanks.

That transition in 10:20 was *chef kiss* Great work Jordan (and team!)

You two make any camera review so enjoyable, I watch reviews of cameras I have no interest in just to watch you both. Thanks for the great content!

It's the really funny thing about walking around with embargo gear. Anyone who would be able to recognize that it looks a LOT like an M10 is EXACTLY the person who would know it ISN'T an M10 😅

Have to say, the colors and the video quality coming out of that Olympus E-M1X were fantastic. All kudos to the lovely cinematography of the talented Mr. Jordan Drake! While low light showed the limits of that older M43 sensor a bit, and bright backlighting (the ship) revealed the limits of it’s dynamic range, everything was overall quite natural and beautiful. Oh, and the new Leica was pretty alright, too.

530gms sold it for me. Lighter than an M6, brilliant thank you Leica. As a working photographer the ‘aged brass edging’ has no appeal, but 20% lighter, I’m in.

The cinematography in this one is just superb. Great shots by Chris also. I think this is the best creative design of your videos yet.

One tends to forget that aside from the top notch vlog style videos and great chemistry between the two, Chris is an increadibly talented and unique photographer. New York and the Leica really brought out the best in him!

Came for the Leica review, and stayed for the quality of the Olympus video!

7:27 - Always great cinematography from your video reviews. Loved the lateral tracking shot with the background reflected in the windows and building-reflected bounce light.

Well done, great translation at 10:20. Can’t tell you how many times I rewound that segment to watch again….👍🏼

Great review, but that transition and music at 10:20 - wowzer! You can tell you guys are having fun being in a different location after such a long lockdown.

10:19 That smooooth transition from night to day

It's really a joy watching your videos. You are an extremely competent team with an excellent sense of humor.

The amount of informed professional dissection of this new M11 Leica is superb. Plus, ofc, u get a thick slice of humour which is fantastic. (Plus some lovely images, with shooting dets !!). One the best photo YT’s around. 👍👍

Many thanks Chris and Jordan. Once again, the best overview and presentation of a new product with fair and balanced commentary.

The most fascinating thing is that you chose an E-M1x to shoot the video. Interesting option.

10:10 Just want to praise the EXCELLENT SOUND EDITING as well as the BEAUTIFUL visual work that went into that cut JD. Kudos. 7:30 And speaking of Rolling Shutter in front of those leaning "verticals" was HILLARIOUS, BTW. 4:10 And love all that GORGEOUS DEPTH OF FIELD from the MFT lenses letting us see MANHATTAN, eh. ;-)

I'm not sure if it's NYC or the Olympus cam but the video looks good! So is the review :)

Thanks for this first look and for the great video from New York, including the stills and the music. There’s a reason I, like so many, go to your and Chris’s videos first when there is a major new camera release. I’ve used Leica film and digital M bodies for decades and currently have the M10M alongside my SL2 kit. I love the rangefinder design and the classic, dense feeling of the wonderful construction. It’s a step away from tradition, of course, but it made sense to finally omit the base plate. The aluminum top plate on the black version is in keeping with their other bodies, although the resulting change in weight would present a serious choice between silver and black, since many users are inured to that classic “brick” feeling as well as the eventual brassing. I think the M series will and should always remain without IBIS but that brings up a sad fact that many long time users are getting older and do not obtain the same sharpness due to focus or stability. Thus the SL, Q, and other series. I look forward to your in-depth review!

Great review as always! Extra respect for 10:18!

The internal storage was a genius way to solve the problem of people wanting dual cards, especially for instant back up, but not having room for two slots without making the camera bigger.

The M10-R was everything I wanted in an M-series camera: 40 MP resolution; a very quiet shutter, and the look and feel of the original Leica M3. I've gotten used to the M10-R and its 1/4000 shutter speed and pop-up ISO dial. It weighs a ton. It has a traditional base plate. I love the thing.

Honest reviews, straight to the point! Thanks Chris and team!

I've had my eye on the red dot (in particular the Range Finder) for a few decades and just couldn't pull the trigger. I have a great mirrorless set up now, but this M11 is the one to finally make me open the wallet. Very different uses and since retiring soon, why not? Great review - very thorough and nice seeing a fan of the brand talk about the features. Pre-order is in, thanks for pushing me over the edge!

Great review guys, I'm excited to see what the M11 looks like to older glass - need to pop by the Leica Store Boston with some Mandler glass.

Watched several reviews and yours is by far the best Chris.

Amazing photos Chris! Loved the Oly footage also, it's such and underrated camera in my opinion... Great work Jordan! 👌👍

Just want to echo everyone else for their praise of the cut around 10:19. Great work as always!

Loved the Brooklyn bridge night to day cut! Great stuff, great review!

That Oly video is damn good for such a maligned system.

This was the best review of a new camera, battery, jitter in a handheld, resolution etc. I have had all Leicas since the M4 and learned photography on the 2F 3F.

What no Jordan in the video at all ? Guess the M11 took the spotlight ! Seriously you guys by far do the best gear reviews without sounding like the manual read out aloud. Great transition from night to day and Chris is as great as ever ! Thank you to both of you.

Dude! That transition at 10:18! So well done.

I am more amazed by video quality from the Olympus... Are you SURE you did a review of it???

Great video it is a really a delight to watch your reviews

That masterpiece of a shot at 10:20 combined with music🔥🔥

Such an enjoyable review, incredible cinematography, Jordan. And Chris says he hates 35mm - those are some quality photos.

Great video! The best among so many I’ve seen on the M11.

love this dudes reviews!

Great video. You can almost see Jordan's thought process on seeing a nice scene and how he wants to frame it up.

I love the Juxtaposition of the camera companies, Leica and Olympus, great job guys.

Learned something new with Leica. Thanks guys.

Just brought m10r, happy didn’t wait for this one.

Why did you shoot the video on the Olympus? Whatever reason - glad you did... I was more interested in the Olympus footage than the Leica!

Great Review! Jordan, I really liked that transition from night to day on the Brooklyn Bridge. Chris, wonderful images, and your daughter just keeps getting cuter

Love the photos you took for the review

As usual, another great review!

EM1X is the real star of this video.

Internal storage, larger battery and on board charging is a big upgrade and would be REALLY nice to have while traveling. Plus more function buttons is great like you said for ISO adjustment, the new back layout is nicer looking and I guess the higher res too (I dont care about that personally). If you have the money its a really nice upgrade from the M10 series. I can't afford nine grand for a new camera though and my M10 does everything I need it to, so I'll be sticking with that.

Jordan just a fantastic job shooting and editing.

What a way to spend a day, you lucky, lucky people. Some excellent shots too, thank you.

Fantastic review of the Leica M11. YES! Now convinced the M1X is the way to go.

Excellent film-making and shots in New York. Great review too :)

The shot at 3:05 is so clean I feel like I’m actually there 😄👌🏽✨

Solid review and enjoyable too!! I just got back in the Leica camp with the M11P. It's the best camera I've used, and I've had plenty over many years of owning a portrait studio. From Blad and Leica film cameras through to the best of the pro DSLR's. The M11/M11P is truly unique.

The quality of this video is just 👌🏼

My dad has been shooting over half his life with his Leica M2 as a photographer. From The Soviet Union to the early proxy war in Afghanistan. He went over to Canon for a while until finally settling down his photographical career as a artisanal cobber printer. That same M2 is still with him. People here might mock the price of a Leica, but when you buy a Leica house, it probably follows you for life.

Hey Canadians!!! New Yorkers love you! Cheers

Very helpful review - Thank you

Well down with the photos Chris and really enjoyed jordans filmning in the end of the new your segment

Great review! Thanks!

Hi Chris, you & Jordan make for a very good team! Really enjoy your videos. Leica cameras are not in my budget, but I really do like the classic style of the Leica cameras & their small form factor of their lens line up. I can afford the Wotancraft Pilot Camera bag that you previously reviewed & is present in your Leica 11 video. I have ordered same. Cheers!

I love NYC and especially that part of town! I saw many spots I’ve been to before which made the video even better.

the reason they made the color determine the metal is so they can release a black one in brass a year from now as a special edition and charge and extra couple grand for it.

Love those reviews of amazingly expensive cameras it's like watching a rolls Royce review

Fantastic review thanks

Great review guys, and thanks Chris for showing off my home town via the south street water front area…moving up from the m240, I hope the M10 prices drop a bit now with the M11 intro…

Great review thanks for the content :)

One correction for DPR / TV (somewhat incorrectly stated on both). The M 240 had metering off the sensor as well which gave the same options using the live view for metering. But you had the option in that camera of doing classic Leica shutter metering and sensor metering. So it’s not ‘new’ for M11. Though from memory they did remove that function in the M10. So it’s the ‘return’ of that feature.

Great review AS ALWAYS. The only channel I take seriously ;) to me as an M10-r owner the only real difference is the battery life really. When i put visoflex on it sucks the battery big time.

Literally the only feature I'm jealous of is the 64Gig of internal storage. That's really useful and there's no excuses for not having it on all cameras given how cheap storage is nowadays. It probably costs Leica less than $10

Goddamn Jordan knocked it out of the park here. Wow. You guys really nailed this one 👍

the sample photo movie montage was awesome!

Love your content ❤️

How can a camera with minimum functions be so slow? It kinda ruins the point of having only essentials

Omg this is what you guys were shooting when I ran into you 😁

The video b roll were actually very very cool, my compliments

Nice visuals and stabilization.. EM1X

FINALLY!!! What a beauty!! I've enjoyed this this one a lot!! I just got an MP so i don't have any money for this.. maybe next year.. I'll see if Soho has one to play with.

Love the menu color and font.

Nice job....you guys are great...fun

It's fascinating that Jordan's cinematography on the Olympus E-M1X gets as many comments as the brand new 2022 Leica M. Maybe it's about skill more than gear, eh?

Make a jazz noise here... love the DPReview reviews. Ordered a M11 black but am always struggeling to have ordered a silver one. Oh boy...

That backdial you can press in. Love it.

You owned my heart at 0:58

Way cool assignment…and escaping Calgary! 👍. Nice teaser for the M11.

Great review.

I want one now. I am not going to get one, but I want one. Great music on this one!

Nice work!

ready for you guys to tackle a more in depth review of the m11.

Jordan and his E-M1X are the unseen heroes of this episode. ;)

Ah Dpreview why cant you stay with us. So many wonderful reviews like this one😢

Good video, thanks. My own lenses for my Ms are the 35/2 ASPH (not apo), the 90 APO, and the 50/2 Summicron (pre APO). These aren't the latest and greatest but still pretty good on my M10, 9, and 8). Yet, it seems like every time an M comes out (8, 9, 246, 10, and now 11) the reviewers always say ... oh the digital M8 won't look perfect with Leica lenses that came out prior to their first digital, or the new camera won't get maximum advantage out of the sensor (18MP, 24MP, 24MP, 40MP, or now 60MP) with less than the absolute latest lenses. Maybe that is true, but as you say we mostly take them handheld so you'll probably never prove it without very careful tripod testing. Course by the same token, how useful is 60MP for a handheld camera? Not sure I'll buy an 11 and if I do I typically buy the camera after the 11P or 11R gets made so the price takes at least a tiny hit. And after the M9 sensor corrosion debacle, I'm more reluctant than I used to to buy $8000 cameras that may not be warrantied by Leica against major design defects.

Three thumbs up! Good job!😄

Nice to see the Irish flag making the cut! I miss that city, hope you guys had fun there with that staple of NYC street photo life.

Forget the M11... the Olympus E-M1X looked GREAT!!! What picture profile did you use, Jordan? I am guessing neutral (or possibly flat). Gotta start using my E-M1 II more and my Panasonic and Sony bodies less I guess...

I borrowed m11 for 2 days for film set photography, with 35mm f2, and it is a joy to use. No big problems with blurry pics on 60mp sensor. If you do everything right, the quality of the image is just superb, if you don't, then you got plenty of wiggle room. What I found unacceptable for camera that expensive, it froze completely 3 times in one day, i had to reset it with battery removal, and i red on the forums is a common problem.

Awesome video! Feel like you’re harnessing your inner Al Borland.

I'm not a Leica fan afaik, never used one. But I watched this for the shots through the video camera. The backgrounds, composition and lighting! Many of the video segments are like photos coming alive, whether Chris is addressing the camera or not.