For many photographers, owning a Leica is a dream, and perhaps the most desired model right now is the M11. However, this camera comes with some notable issues, as this video finds out.
Formerly of The Verge, cinematographer and DOP Becca Farsace is no stranger to testing some of the best cameras on the market, so she’s in a good position to offer her thoughts on what constitutes a dream camera for many photographers, the M11. However, when you drop the best part of ten grand on a camera, you don’t expect it to arrive and suddenly find it freezing up.
A quick search online shows that Farsace’s freezes are not isolated incidents, and from my own, singular experience of playing with a Leica, these cameras sure don’t like having their buffers overwhelmed while loaded with a not-premium SD card. In 2019, I visited Leica’s Paris store for the launch of the SL2 and managed to all but brick the camera within a few minutes of having it in my hands. As I mused back then, it was possible that the SL2 was so disgusted at having such a cheap piece of tat forcibly inserted into its beautifully machined, elegantly styled interior, that it registered its objections by taking its ball and going home.
For the second issue, I’ll let Farsace explain, but it won’t come as much of a surprise!
Is the occasional freeze acceptable? Let us know in the comments below.
