The Best Camera I’ve Owned

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The Leica M11 has quickly become my favourite and most-used photo camera in my kit. In this video, I'm gonna share all the reasons why and even some of the things that can get better. Enjoy!
00:00 The Introduction
00:40 Leica M11 Best Features
05:54 Leica M11 Surprises
09:11 Leica M11 Improvements
13:41 Leica M11 Settings & Accessories
17:09 Should you buy this camera?
18:35 Closing Thoughts
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@ka_sh_iif Год назад

These long form uploads have been a real joy. 🙏🏾 I’m loving my M11, I didn’t think I would be able to get use to a true rangefinder coming from an X-Pro. But now it feels like the only way I can truly feel like I’m capturing the moment. This shooting experience has retrained my eyes. Keep it up Gajan! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@GajanBalan Год назад

Well said. And thank you ✌🏾

@JohanKhoo Год назад

Love your passion for the camera - I just got my M11 and concur. I've had many M cameras, and although my film Ms are still my favourites, the M11 is the closest to that experience yet.

@YOUAREMYKIN Год назад

Gajan, I love how your channel keeps evolving⚡️ It’s inspiring.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thank you Mick 🙏🏾

@danielschmaderer Год назад

I’m not a Leica shooter and I may never be, BUT I can totally understand why someone would buy this camera. Every camera is an extension of one’s creativity. Some cameras work amazing for some and not so amazing for others. Glad you enjoyed it. Great to see what the camera has to offer.

@arasakaco Месяц назад

+1 vote for the double exposure feature, number one thing i've wanted since owning a q2 for the past couple years

@CalMukumoto Год назад

My experience with the Leica M11 aligns with yours. Wow, I enjoy this camera.

@glenncharles6622 Год назад

Great Video. I love my M camera’s and look forward to adding the M11 this summer. The most perfect part of your whole video, to me, was the part about cameras as tools. I agree, there is more to it than just the camera being a tool. Great job!

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thank you Glenn, appreciate the kind words 🙏🏾

@namseefilm Год назад

i love this video, my dream camera!

@alexbenstead5922 Год назад

Great to see you back. Just couldn’t afford an m11 so have old m10r instead.

@Fleet42 Год назад

I have the M11 50 Lux and 90 f/2 APO. I have the Visoflex too! Love it!

@benjhaisch Год назад

Dangit, Gajan. I’m trying so so hard to be content with my M10s 😭

@A1000Truths Год назад

They work and make money in photography. Simple as that.

@billyabroad8057 Год назад

@@davidmurray5926 Anyone in the western world can afford a Leica if it’s what they really want bad enough. These gentleman are masters at their craft “photography” and therefore can afford such a premium tool. Your comment comes off as jealousness due to your lack of abundance mindset.

@GajanBalan Год назад

@David Murray the answer’s right in front of you but I don’t think you wanna accept it. The reality is that most people don’t have the creative execution and business acumen to subsidize their tools through their photographic work. And for some, rather than acquire the knowledge, they instead make salty comments on RU-vid. I hope you find some happiness in the future ✌🏾

@Fleet42 Год назад

@@billyabroad8057 he’s a hater!

@azzalos Год назад

@@billyabroad8057 very well said my brother. Abundance mindset.

@annenominous7220 Год назад

wow, great video, great pacing, informative... so well done, congrats, and thanks.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thank you Anne ✌🏾

@hellatightdude Год назад

I’m impatiently waiting for the M11P to come out so I can buy one of these M11s used for cheaper 😂

@GajanBalan Год назад

Hahaha, not a bad strategy at all

@marc6652 5 месяцев назад

Only one thing matters : having pleasure to shoot, and being happy when you look at your pictures. The remainder has no importance. For me, the magic with any M cameras is mainly due to the pleasure you have to build your picture from A to Z manually. With my M, -M262 and M10Monochrome- my pictures are not better, not worst, but my pleasure is clearly higher ! Actually I shoot as if it was a film camera : at my own rhythm and sparingly. With a single 50mm most of the time. Pure pleasure (for me).

@mahdimanesh4221 Год назад

Jumped from my Xpro3 into the Hasselblad X2D system as it is more ergonomic and compact than the Fuji GFX. However, I am starting to struggle as the system does not always match my needs (which I knew but ignored 😅). The M11Mono may be just what I need… 🖖🙃

@Cooltorpedo Год назад

Thanks for your candid (hopefully) review. I wish I had the dough to afford not buying one with a good Leica lens, which I probably could, but to have it stolen, lost or broken. Your pictures are wonderful, congratulations.

@spyhardman Год назад

I like your feature requests (double exposure, using the jpg recipes for a tiff, etc). I wouldn’t have thought of them myself, but now I want them.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Right? Would love to see them get added over time.

@spyhardman Год назад

Also related to jpeg conversion: I wish more cameras would let you do conversions at will after the fact like Fuji. I’d like to take my DNG and run it through a couple of different profiles right on the camera; I’d probably do 75% of my final edits that way if I could.

@josephlai1078 13 дней назад

Dear Gajan, great video. I would like some advice on a 35mm M mount lens for M-11 (non-Leica brand as I am an amateur photographer with some budget concerns). Do you have any recommendations? Cheers.

@ChrisBeastall Год назад

You managed to describe the essence of Leica M uniqueness so well 👌

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thanks for watching ✌🏾

@tashihishey34 Год назад

I've a Wüsthof, a made in Germany chef's cleaver which I've used daily for the last 35 years and it's as good as new. It started as a tool but has grown to become an extension of me. Now I'm saving to buy a Leica M10P. Like the Wüsthof, I know how the story will end. Thank you.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Well said Tashi. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾

@stefangroenveld Год назад

Nice Video. I second nearly every point you're talking about. But get the summilux 28 or the apo-summicron 50, and you will be blown away by the quality.

@FritzPhoto 11 месяцев назад

Nice informations here, thanks for sharing your thoughts

@GajanBalan 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching ✌🏾

@LetterBeacon Год назад

Great video! Which on camera flash are you using with the M11 there?

@GajanBalan Год назад

EFX20, it’s a discontinued flash from Fujifilm.

@savagefrieze4675 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for an excellent review.

@GajanBalan 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching ✌🏾

@bychrisjones Год назад

I’ll get there sooner rather than later lol I just got a new to me m240 that I’ve been lusting after for 8 years, no regrets at all.

@perrymckenna2261 Год назад

Great video and agree with your thoughts and experiences with the M11. I sold my M10 to get this one and while the files of the M11 are arguably better than the M10, it's all the conveniences it now offers that makes it so good. The only area that I disagree is the Fotos app. The new firmware upgrade made it better, but it's still hit and miss for me. Finally, I too haven't had any issues with mine.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Agreed! Enjoy the journey ✌🏾

@aleearndt Год назад

Great video! You mention that you use the user profiles to have settings for special circumstances. Would you be willing to let us know how you set up your M11. I’d really like to see if this would affect how I use my own camera. Thanks!

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thanks! I’ll have four profiles and this is the general idea… Street: B&W with 1600 ISO ceiling Night: B&W with 6400 ISO ceiling Bright: Colour with 400 ISO locked Studio: Colour with 100 ISO locked There’s other settings tweaked, but these are the key parameters right now.

@forgottenamericana Год назад

Been following you since your Fuji days Gajan...Like you I switched from Fuji to Leica as well. I have the M11 and M10-Mono. Curious to see if you'll pick up a M11-Mono when that comes out (rumors say its soon)... Keep up the great work man!! Love your channel, and love to see you like Leica. Love the engraving Leica did on your camera!! What lenses do you have for your M11??? Would love to learn what your Leica kit entails. Thanks Gaj, keep up the great work bro...

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thank you, the next video is actually a review of all the lenses for my M kit.

@forgottenamericana Год назад

@@GajanBalan sweeeet! Looking forward to it! Thank you bro

@gettons1980 Год назад

Hey Gajan, where did you get the Leica black sticker (used to cover the red logo on your M11)?

@GajanBalan Год назад

This was from eBay. There was a seller that had red dots scrapped and painted black. Worked like charm.

@ssives Год назад

Great review Gajan. I recently bought an M11 and love it. By the way as someone who speaks for a living (trial attorney), I have to say that you speak really well. Your observations are clear and concise, and your delivery is very good. You could have been an actor. BTW, what is that design in red on the top of the camera. Is that a map?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thanks, Scott. Truly appreciate the kind words. It’s a map of my homeland, spoke about it toward the end of this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UGvjlHbfoXI.html

@Ad-eq3cu Год назад

Great review with very good insights and information. I wish all reviewers had your ability to "get" a camera.

@Jeeperdad48 Год назад

I love my M11 as well. I need a small fill flash for those sunset portrait moments on a cruise without the reflectors. What are you using please?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Moved to a Profoto solution with the A10x and A2. Works great.

@gurugamer8632 Год назад

Have you installed the new firmware 1.6.1 fix freezing 🥶

@ChrisBoultonPhotography 8 месяцев назад

Love the idea of an M11 but do you think you could use it commercially for lifestyle, brand work?

@_willfunk_ Год назад

Love the video and your perspective. If all goes well, I’ll be picking up a M11 tomorrow morning. I do have a question about this in that, where did you get the “black sticker” for your M11?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Found it on eBay. Clean!

@michaelacedeno Год назад

Can also use a small piece of black gaff tape 😉

@stevemphoto Год назад

All great points! I love my M11 but am having issues that I know/hope Leica will be able to fix (locking up still). With that said when I saw that terrarium in the background I thought it was weed! LMAO! I was like damn Gajan...the camera was that good?! :D Love your content. That photo of the school girl is amazing!

@GajanBalan Год назад

Hahahaha, maaaan… it looked so much more different in person and then I looked at the footage on cam and well, yea people gonna see this differently 😂

@Gj_frames Год назад

I have the original M10 and I don’t see any reason to upgrade. With that said, I truly understand your thoughts about the M11, and there’s not that many cameras from 2017 that feels so fresh and solid than the M10. So I bet you can enjoy this M11 for a long period of time! (The funny thing about the M-series is that it’s so unique and beautiful, strangers tells me on the street, and still it’s design is almost 100 years old. With a timeless and simple design you get a tool that never feels old and/or boring) 👌

@GajanBalan Год назад

Well said and so accurate. There’s also such a joy to use these cameras over a a long period of time and have them patina as you grow.

@chrisharvell Год назад

Hey @Gajan are you still using the GFX100s? How does it pair with your M11?

@GajanBalan Год назад

I haven’t used it in months 😬

@anthonymorrison2779 Год назад

Don't know if I'll ever be able to justify purchasing a Leica but they are fun to shoot with!

@GajanBalan Год назад

Agreed!

@GlennTaubenfeld Год назад

Experienced some lockups this week on my m11. Some issues with focus aid and i feel like the processor in the camera is slower than mass consumer brands. If you clicked playback too quickly, it could get lock up and require a battery reset. With that said….. Still think Leica cameras have the ability to connect easier with people or when you’re trying to take pictures of strangers. Having a mirrorless with a large prime lens makes it quite intrusive and is just too unpleasant to bring around.

@jacobh5817 Год назад

Nice vid, Gajan. I guess your vid is going to cost me again ;-). The M is indeed a camera that makes you want to go out and shoot. As a fashion/beauty photographer I’ve been around the block when it comes to cameras: Canon, Sony, Fujifilm and Nikon. However, last year when both Profoto and Capture One started to fully support Leica, I’ve switched completely. Always had an M7 and M10-R for personal work, but now also a couple of SL2’s and an SL2-S. The menus are indeed fantastic and so is the Foto App. Hands-down the best of all I’ve tried. It can easily be your tilted LCD screen. Best of all, though is that I can use my M glass (28 cron, 50 lux and 90 apo) on the SL’s too, while maintaining the same IQ. Right next to the fabulous APO-SL lenses. My ab fav is the 50 summilux-m. It is gorgeous, esp in dim light.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Congrats! Enjoy the journey ✊🏾

@joelb727 Год назад

Dammit. Much love. ❤️

@aquaticwombat4570 Год назад

Awesome photos.

@phillipspohn6421 Год назад

That "Grab the camera just to feel it" Yeah...... I know that feeling really well

@GajanBalan Год назад

Hahaha, yup!

@Iggynopop Год назад

Hey, if you have to choose between GFX100s and Leica M11 witch one would you keep

@GajanBalan Год назад

Personally? I already made that choice. M11.

@neoaureus 8 месяцев назад

What color profile are these images... I dont have a Summilux, its a Summicron 50 f2, and Elmarit 28, Distagon 35mm 1.4. Zeiss and couple of Voigts... each lens has such different colors. I love your colors ... so would appreciate if you share the secret !

@thinkpadx60 6 месяцев назад

As I approach my 50th I am sitting on the fence on getting my first Leica, leaning towards the M11-P and the 35mm F1.4 lens, its such a hard decision when I have got a significant amount of Sony gear with me. Your in-depth candid video is helping me make the decision. Will let you know if I get it!

@GajanBalan 6 месяцев назад

Good luck, and wishing you an awesome 50th ✌🏾

@thinkpadx60 5 месяцев назад

@@GajanBalan I must thank you again for your inputs. I picked up the M11P today and the SUMMICRON-M 28 f/2 ASPH III 11618 (0.4m minimum focusing) from the Leica store in Hong Kong. Hope I picked up a decent lens to start off with.

@GajanBalan 5 месяцев назад

@@thinkpadx60 Congrats! Put that thing to work and enjoy the journey.

@michaelacedeno Год назад

Haven’t seen it asked but what flash are ya using in your thumbnail pic? Been looking for a small flash like that I can throw on my SL2-S

@GajanBalan Год назад

It’s the discontinued Fujifilm EF-X20. Pretty pricey nowadays but such a great little flash.

@michaelacedeno Год назад

@@GajanBalan Still less than Profoto ;-)

@beyondphotographs1534 5 месяцев назад

how did you find the ease of focusing with this rangefinder on the go? thx

@GajanBalan 5 месяцев назад

I enjoy it. There’s a learning curve but once you put the time with the lenses, it feels like second nature. Especially with respect to zone focusing.

@martinsmyth5580 Год назад

Thinking of trading all my Nikon gear for the m11, but I am on the fence

@larsrosing5033 7 месяцев назад

What's that engraving on top of the camera supposed to be??

@johnnyc005 Год назад

Can I ask where you got that shutter button? Many Thanks.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Aliexpress, skull shutter

@aaronjlee5 Год назад

Hi Gajan, what was the name of the camera strap? Thanks

@GajanBalan Год назад

Ona Sevilla

@scronier896 10 месяцев назад

Nice video. Could you please give me the reference of the cable you've used for the EX-20 flash on the M11 ? thank you :)

@GajanBalan 10 месяцев назад

It’s an off-camera speedlite cord. It’s not TTL so I use this one here amzn.to/3PxCBGh

@scronier896 10 месяцев назад

@@GajanBalan Thank you for your answer :)

@lukewell6451 6 месяцев назад

where did you get de black leica dot? really nice

@GajanBalan 6 месяцев назад

Found someone on eBay that paints the originals black, but I don’t see them listing it anymore.

@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel Год назад

I love my M11. The last update destroyed the software so much that I would have to go to a Leica store to have it reset. 😅 Hardware is really fantastic.

@GajanBalan Год назад

No way? Hopefully it’s sorted out.

@dunkkid23 Год назад

Inspired 🙏🏾

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thank you brother ✊🏾

@janfrosty3392 Год назад

Just out of curiosity what is that red scribble on the top plate?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Much more than a scribble ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UGvjlHbfoXI.html

@jsadiq Год назад

Excellent

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thanks for watching ✌🏾

@GillesQuennevilleGQ Месяц назад

I would love a double exposure mode.

@bmeclipse Год назад

I would love this camera and came very close to buying one, but for $9000… 😬 Maybe when I tire of lugging around my larger camera and lens, I would def buy one with a nifty fifty and the 28, but for the time, the X100V fills the minimalist role I like.

@reyjoson7895 Год назад

agree. But for me, I can't even afford the x100v.

@mvonwalter6927 Год назад

Buy a Leica M240 which is 90% of this camera's strengths for about $2500 used in mint condition.

@martypilato8371 Год назад

are you editing your M11 files in Lightroom or Capture one?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Capture One

@HN-sk2lr Год назад

Can I ask you kindly where do you buy the red sticker on the top of your camera? I want to spoil my m11 😍

@lydiajoann2306 Год назад

If you mean the linework on the top of the camera, then it's an engraving done by leica :)

@GajanBalan Год назад

Much more than a sticker ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UGvjlHbfoXI.html

@slothsarecool Год назад

M2 for me 😁

@gojero732 8 месяцев назад

I was thinking, I would like to own a Leica someday because they are build like sturdy tanks. I use a X-T2 for about 7 years now and I feel like that the X-T5 is finally a worthy upgrade. But everywhere I read, and hear on youtube is that the XT5 feels cheap on dials, knobs and screen. I have owned a Oly OM-D 5MII and this camera felt more solid than the X-T2 does. It feels like that a lot of brands are downsizing built quality to keep the sales high. So I am going to use my X-T2 till it dies, no need to upgrade. Leica is expensive but it is made in Europe and they are sturdy solid tanks. Just a thought that came up to me. I need to rent a Leica M11 to experience what it is all about. But Fuji GFX is also nice for landscapes and portraits... (man.. here we go! shut up my monkey mind.) Your photo's are stunning!

@robmcd Год назад

Your photography is fantastic on whatever camera you’re using. I’d love to sell everything and get one camera and one lens. But probably not this camera.

@GurmeetSingh-fr8uo Год назад

Where can I get the shutter button

@GajanBalan Год назад

Aliexpress had it, skull soft shutter button

@GlennTaubenfeld Год назад

Btw i also have the 35mm lux fle ii and the lens is indeed the holygrail

@GajanBalan Год назад

Totally agree! Enjoy the journey ✌🏾

@RobertoManzari 11 месяцев назад

Which flash is the one at 6:42?

@GajanBalan 11 месяцев назад

It’s the discontinued Fuji EF-X20. Can find it online on some places but pricey.

@tedsouart2085 Год назад

I think you forgot a major improvement for the Leica M serie : a pop-up flash !!! Just kidding. Great video.

@romaingautier2986 Год назад

Mostly agree with all you say in the video :) Most photographer tell me « man this camera is so expensive » and … yes it is! But most of the photog I met got like a Canon R5, a 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8 a 35 and or a 85… It’s almost the same amount :) The internal storage, the battery life are just game changer for me. All the lens you have access to is phenomenal (because no, there isn’t only expensive Leica lenses who work great… My go to kit is a 28 Ultron from Voigt and the Lux 50 :) ). And as you say, THAT menu system and THAT app… c’mon FujiCanikoSony… you can do that too… It was hard at the beginning, but it’s clearly my favorite camera, ever…

@GajanBalan Год назад

Totally agree. And that 50 Lux is tempting me…!

@Reportageandart Год назад

I know!!! So true! And then they upgrade it in 2 years for the latest Canon or Sony etc.

@RobJorg Год назад

why did you retire the 100s?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Probably deserves a video but it largely came down to where my work is going. Less studio, more in the field, dynamic, and a healthy amount of video. Great camera, but I find myself not using it as much.

@oscarschindler12 Год назад

One of the best videos on photography I've seen in a while.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thank you 🙏🏾

@HN-sk2lr Год назад

I have this camera and I downloaded the latest firmware and it's still freezing up!!! I don't know what I should do? But still, m11 my favorite camera 📷

@GajanBalan Год назад

Interesting. I would take advantage of the warranty while you can. Better to explore every avenue to land with a working camera.

@HN-sk2lr Год назад

@@GajanBalan thank u for prompt response

@-grey Год назад

That's my only real gripe with Leica. The manual focus with the range finder in bad light. I have spent so much of my life manually focusing and as much as it slows me down to consider the image one of two things usually happens: 1. I miss moments 2. My composition suffers because I'm overly focused on manually focusing, and don't notice my framing got wonky or something. This doesn't matter at hyperfocal distances, so I feel more free to work a scene and things, but as soon as I'm in non-ideal light I lose all confidence in the tool and start worrying.

@-grey Год назад

Also, I totllay recommend one of those handmade wood grips that you attach with a plate to the tripod mount. I got one mostly for the mounting options, but it makes such a huge difference to the grip comfort while not adding much to the profile once the lens is on the body.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Thanks! I’ll have to check it out. I try to keep the weight down but some of these pieces are so useful.

@realniteart 2 месяца назад

I don't know about you, I shoot multiple different cameras almost daily and pretty much never need menus for anything. And if I need menu, there is usually an interface to make an easy access to functions that matter to you. Maybe there is something wrong with Leica's UI, since it seems all M users have to browse menus :)

@GajanBalan 2 месяца назад

Lol that’s cute. Good luck with your photography Oleg ✌🏾

@neoaureus 8 месяцев назад

Tamizhan pola irukKe ? Aana American polavum irukke ? One of the most confident photographers on RU-vid who has a great eye... kudos!

@bigheadtaco Год назад

Yo. Nice to hear you talk. Let's meet up soon...

@GajanBalan Год назад

Yes brother ✊🏾

@Deetroiter Год назад

Taking pics while standing behind the cricket bat...brave man!! lol

@GajanBalan Год назад

Hahaha

@happyforestgump1 Год назад

The efx20 suits the Leica considering how much those are selling for now lol

@GajanBalan Год назад

😂

@thedavor Год назад

I love my M, but I wear glasses and it just doesn't work well with them

@pmgalves1977 Год назад

One thing I don’t understand: why do you even take the SD card out of the camera?

@GajanBalan Год назад

Faster offload, especially for those large raw files.

@pmgalves1977 Год назад

@@GajanBalan interesting, from my tests, with a 100mbps cable, it’s around 80% as fast, which doesn’t compensate the rest (for me)

@jamesdeak630 Год назад

It used to be the x100V

@GajanBalan Год назад

It did

@ThanhNguyen-sk6uc Год назад

I''d love to know what it's like to shoot on a leica, but I can't afford that lol.

@hoymikey Год назад

After watching this I'm again reconsidering selling my M10 and get an M11😅

@photomorti Год назад

I will love buying this camera in 10 years when its hopefully affordable for me haha

@GajanBalan Год назад

Haha, fair fair

@jacko83 Год назад

I wish the battery life of SL2s had the same kind of energy.. they just die so fast.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Same, two batteries a day when I’m using the SL2-s.

@kostyafedot551 Год назад

Under this outrageous price it is best camera to own, for sure. I bet you are writing it off from your taxes as business expense. For the rest of us ... No dust reduction on sensor camera, in 2023... No service in Canada brand, either, while Leica service is nowhere close to Canon Brampton by all means. I do own some Ms, but those are not cameras I would take to Toronto downtown during blizzard forecasted for tonight. :)

@benjhaisch Год назад

I do also love that it’s like $1USD per photo hahahaha

@GajanBalan Год назад

Hahaha 😂 what’s wilder is that it’s still cheaper than Kodak film per shot 😂

@thomashilmersen711 7 месяцев назад

I am surprised neither you, nor anyone else, is mentioning the MAJOR problems with the digital M cameras' fragility. Mine has no tolerance for moisture, even slight moisture that my Leica SL handles perfectly well. Also, the camera is not dust resistant, and neither are the lenses, so over time, you are likely to end up with dust both inside the viewfinder and between lens elements (has happened to me). Finally, it handles physical shocks very poorly, since the rangefinder is easily knocked out of allignment. All in all, it is not an "all weather camera" at all.

@GajanBalan 7 месяцев назад

Two years of using this all over the world in all types of conditions, I have yet to have this kind of issue. That’s unfortunate.

@thomashilmersen711 7 месяцев назад

@@GajanBalan Yes, you have been lucky. My M246 has failed on me numerous times on mountain hikes, due to moisture. My brother has a Leica MP that he accidentally bumped. He had to send it to Germany to have it fixed, at a cost of more than 1000 dollars. Wrt dust, my Leica M lenses now have lots of dust inside them, simply due to several years of being used on the street in big cities with a lot of traffic.

@rifz42 Год назад

We need some way to embarrass the other companies into doing something about their crap apps!! I'm so jealous seeing the Leica app.

@llStixxll Год назад

8:13 Say their name. SONY. They need to be named and shamed because I’m sick of their BS. My a1 shouldn’t be missing features that a $2500 camera has

@GajanBalan Год назад

It’s not just them but they may be the biggest culprit here.

@adrian-qr6zk Год назад

beautiful but seems way overpriced like most Leicas. Very happy with my XE4

@GajanBalan Год назад

Not for everyone 🤷🏾‍♂️

@adrian-qr6zk Год назад

@@GajanBalan yeah for sure!

@vitalis Год назад

You guys a hilarious. 9K for just the camera with freezing issues. You guys are suffering from the sunk cost effect.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Haven’t had the camera freeze on me in months, but okay 🤷🏾‍♂️

@awake780 Год назад

“I’m not sure any other solution could have done these photographic moments justice…” Is what we all tell ourselves when justifying the cost of our gear. You should be a salesman. Not sure I’m buying it, but noteworthy hyperbole nonetheless.

@GajanBalan Год назад

Maybe, but having used so many different brands for work I can’t help but feel that way for my personal journey. To each their own.

@nakedeagle3828 6 месяцев назад

You made this video to cope with the price

@GajanBalan 6 месяцев назад

Yep, that’s how I spend my weekends. Writing and filming elaborate RU-vid videos as a coping mechanism for my spending habits 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

@Johnny5tele Месяц назад

If you cant afford the camera, don’t get upset because other more successful people can…simple.

@alex.mathioudakis Год назад

Gajan, I have a lot of respect for you as a photographer and RU-vidr, but this is one instance where I think you are not being objective at all. I mean, it's okay that Leica take their time in fixing their issues "because they operate on a different timeline"?!? Come on! Things that are inexcusable (and rightly so) for any other company, are cute quirks for Leica? A whole video on the M11, and not one negative thing to say? At most some suggestions that would make a perfect camera even more so? I appreciate that you received excellent customer service from them with the personalized engraving and all, but there should be more to a review, at least by someone of your calibre. You are by no means the only person to do this- I mean if any other company had had the QC issues that Leica have had (on a body that costs as much as a car), they would have been slaughtered, while here they are being praised for their excellent customer service. So, I'm not truly surprised, it's just that I was expecting something different from you. Oh well.... On a side note, your images are as excellent as ever!

@GajanBalan Год назад

respect deez nuts