[1] Meanwhile Leica managed to bring their digital M cameras to 35mm, getting excellent image quality even in the corners with a mix out of clever sensor design and in-camera post processing.
[1] Meanwhile Leica managed to bring their digital M cameras to 35mm, getting excellent image quality even in the corners with a mix out of clever sensor design and in-camera post processing.
I mostly do video, but I really love MFT for photos too.
If so, it's sitting tied for the #1 spot of next lenses I'm getting, along with the Sigma 30mm/f1.4. The biggest hole in my lens collection right now is a fast portrait good bokeh prime. The Sigma is cheaper, and I like the slightly longer focal length, but it's also bulkier since it's not truly a native lens, and I suspect its image quality may not be as good. Do you have the Leica, and how is it?
I have to show off a puppy portrait from the 75mm. Her name is Brownie, so this is called Pumpkin Brownie:
If I'd want it for portratiure I'd probably get the Leica, even if it's more expensive. It's a standard lens which you'll most likely end up using a lot, it's metal and will keep dimensional characteristics in time and with use, the optics are probably some of the best you can get on mFT, bokeh is just wonderful.
There were considerable difficulties getting a 35mm sensor working in a Leica M camera, due to the light reaching the corners of the sensor at very oblique angles. The M9 used strong offset microlenses on the sensor to fight with that, the more recent CMOS sensors are very "shallow" and thus less sensitive to the light angles. Also, the design of the infrared filter created a lot of problems. The M8 had a to weak one - which resulted in Leica giving free infrared filters for each M8 owner. The M9 one worked, but turned out to be insufficient stable, so many M9s got a free sensor exchange (fortunately free even out of warranty).
With the M(240) and especially the M10 Leica finally seem to have fully succeed in making a true digital M. The M10 is especial, as the body size is finally identical to the film based M cameras, the M8-M(240) were about 3-4 mm thicker.