The Leica M EV1 Is Finally Available in the United States

The Leica M EV1 delay in the U.S. is officially over.

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2025-11-23

Observing color.

florian.photo
2025-11-21

I started a new photo project today. I wanted to do this for years at this point, and today it finally kicked off! I'll keep this one close to the vest for now, so you only get the teaser image above – though I am very happy with today's yield. 🙂 The plan is to build up a portfolio of images before I decide what exactly I want to do with them. (A book or at least a zine is a very likely outcome.) I'll keep you posted!

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I managed to find a couple of images from yesterday that I don't hate. […]

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*) Oh, and this post has an audio companion track. 🔈

2025-11-20

I managed to find a couple of images from yesterday that I don't hate. One interesting thing to note is that the lowest ISO across the images above is 4000 – the highest is 25,000! (Not sure why I do not show the ISO in the meta data, probably gonna fix that some time.) This is really amazing! I wish I could have used the Monochrom in Berlin for beyond tellerrand. Oh well… Anyway, I remembered that I built this audio feature, which I never use. Thought I'd capture the Heat atmosphere for a couple of seconds. Press P to play (or click the audio icon)! 🙂

florian.photo
2025-11-19

Well, today's outing at the wrestling academy was a total fail. You might recall me having a Monochrom loaner to test, and this was the place to really put it through its paces. You know, high ISO capability would allow me to stop down and even increase the shutter speed a bit. But unbeknownst to me, they put in some new (not really great) LED lights around the ring, which have a frequency that does not vibe with the Leica at all. I tried various shutter speeds; none above 1/125s were in sync! Which is not nearly enough to freeze any action going on in the ring. Huge bummer. For the above image, I was also at fault, missing focus a bit (plus the movement, of course), but I still kinda like it more than most other (few) images I managed to get. BTW, the second image shows what's happening when using the electronic shutter. 🙈

florian.photo
2025-11-11

St. Martin's Lantern procession at school. I wisely took two cameras today. The little one was already very tired when we left, so when carrying her on my shoulders, it is much easier to use a camera with autofocus! 🙂

florian.photo
2025-11-10

St. Martin's Lantern procession at kindergarten. Luckily the weather wasn't as shite as last year's. In other news, I was asked to participate in Hyde's Over/Under series. You can find my topics and ratings at Over/Under #41. Please tell me I am not the only one who's not a fan of ice cream…

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