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Should you use ISO 100 on the Leica Q2 Monochrom?

May 29, 2022 JimK 8 Comments

This is the 16th post in a series about the Leica Q2 Monochrom. You can see all the other posts in the series by looking in the Category List drop-down menu on the right side of the page. I’ve been breaking my pick trying to figure out what the heck Leica is doing with the… [Read More]

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Leica Q2 Monochrom highlights at ISO 100 — crops

May 25, 2022 JimK 1 Comment

This is the 15th post in a series about the Leica Q2 Monochrom. You can see all the other posts in the series by looking in the Category List drop-down menu on the right side of the page. In the last post, I discovered some truly weird behavior in the highlights of ISO 100 images… [Read More]

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Leica Q2 Monochrom highlights at ISO 100 — graphs

May 24, 2022 JimK Leave a Comment

This is the 14th post in a series about the Leica Q2 Monochrom. You can see all the other posts in the series by looking in the Category List drop-down menu on the right side of the page. I’ve been trying to get some quantitative results in my Leica Q2M ISO 100 highlight testing, and… [Read More]

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Leica Q2 highlights at ISO 100 — images

May 24, 2022 JimK 4 Comments

This is the 13th post in a series about the Leica Q2 Monochrom. You can see all the other posts in the series by looking in the Category List drop-down menu on the right side of the page. The more I try to understand what’s going on with the Q2M ISO highlights, the more complicated… [Read More]

Leica Q2 Monochrom, The Last Word

Leica Q2 Monochrom pros and cons

May 23, 2022 JimK 8 Comments

This is the twelfth post in a series about the Leica Q2 Monochrom. You can see all the other posts in the series by looking in the Category List drop-down menu on the right side of the page. I’ve had the Q2 Monochrom long enough to have formed some impressions. I have by no means… [Read More]

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