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Over 30 000 photographers present more that 700 000 pictures in the LFI Gallery. This issue includes magical light in the forest and Sebastião Salgado
Leica are expanding the M family with the M10-R, distinguished by a high-resolution, 40.89 MP sensor. The camera is based on the M10-P and features the same ultra-quiet shutter
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8 2 | S L 2 M U LT I S H O T Leica have released the first major firmware update for the mirrorless SL2. Its most notable feature is the new multishot mode, facilitated by the camera’s suspended sensor
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Franck Bohbot: from the Forever Young (2018) series
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8 6 | L E I C A W E LT On a 6000-kilometre trip through Argentina, Swiss designer Alfredo Häberli used his Leica X2 Paul Smith to document classic cars from the perspective of a true connoisseur
Nikita Teryoshin 6 | B A C K YA R D D I A R I E S
A different type of S photography: the Berlin photographer uncovers the hidden world of urban street cats
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Its exterior is almost identical to that of the M10: the new Leica M10-R
New publications from Frank Herfort, Samuel Fosso und Stéphane Lavoué. Plus: The Journey. New Positions in African Photography
Two people confined to a small apartment for 65 days – de Béthune captures a romantic and poetic side to the lockdown
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Bugani, a city person who also has strong memories of his grandparents’ country lifestyle, discovered his own personal paradise in rural Cuba
Franck Bohbot 5 2 | F O R E V E R YO U N G
A world painted in pastels: summer days in a futuristic-looking water park spark memories of adolescence
Out of the Shadows, MOPA San Diego; 40 Years Hasselblad Award, Gothenburg; Portrait(s) #8, Vichy; William Wegman, The Hague; Sarah Moon, Paris 108 | LEICA GALLERIES The program of Leica Galleries around the world, including the Leica Women Foto Project Exhibition in Boston and Chris Steele-Perkins in London 1 1 0 | I N T E RV I E W Stéphanie Retière-Secret and Auguste Coudray speak about 17th edition of the La Gacilly Photo Festival in Brittany 114 | MY PICTURE Financially-speaking, it was not a great year for Nathanaël Fournier; even so, he was able to pursue his passion for street photography 114 | IMPRINT
Michael Friedel 64 | LEICA CLASSIC
A cover photo for Spiegel when he was just 21 – Friedel was in high demand as a photographer during the early years of the German Federal Republic
COVER: Nikita Teryoshin, street cat from his Backyard Diaries series
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The Belgian photographer de BĂŠthune reveals that it is possible to find a romantic side to any situation, even in an emergency lockdown. Spending 65 days with his life-partner confined to a few square metres of space, he discovered an unknown poetry to everyday life.
When time is no longer significant: at first no one knew how long the lockdown would last. A week, a month or even longer?
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Confined to their homes, people suddenly developed creative ways to catch a few rays of sunshine. When he was not sleeping, de BĂŠthune moved up onto the roof of his apartment, where he set up a space for reading, working and living in the open air. This was where a bird flew up to him, a bird he has sheltered for some time
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A summer painted in pastels: pictures taken in a French water park by the photographer Franck Bohbot move between dream and reality, like the neverfading memories of adolescence
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Michael Friedel is undoubtedly one of the most widely travelled magazine and documentary photographers of his time. In this selection, we focus on his reportages and impressions of daily life in the young German Federal Republic, captured from the 1950s to 1970s.
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Elvis Presley supports a polio vaccination campaign at the rehearsals for the first Ed Sullivan Show, New York 1956. Right: the cover of Der Spiegel, issue 50/1956
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Reverse shot: writer and actor Franz Xaver Kroetz, Munich-Pasing 1968 (left); mass choreography at the Communist Party Congress, Bucharest 1964, and a fire brigade band performing at a drift hunt, SchleswigHolstein 1962 (top); a quiet Sunday at the Moscow Metropolitan Museum, 1964 (below)
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INNER STRENGTH LEICA M10-R
There is just one fundamental difference between the Leica M10-R and the M10 - yet its impact cannot be overstated: with a resolution of over 40 megapixels, the new model’s sensor delivers entirely new levels of image quality.
When the M10 Monochrom was released a few months ago, its brand-new sensor with exceedingly high, almost 41-MP resolution elevated the already unique camera to yet another level of exclusivity. At that time, Leica explained that the prospect of a colour-recording counterpart was rather unlikely. Their reasoning was that the processor used in the M10 models would be pushed to the limits of its capacity by the three-times larger colour files – potentially leading to a slightly slower speed of operation that not every M photographer might be willing to accept. Since then, Leica have not only reconsidered, but have also found a simple way to address the issue of resolution versus speed: the new Leica M10-R has been added to the product cata76 |
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logue alongside the M10 and the M10-P – allowing customers to choose between the faster M10 with its still excellent 24-megapixel sensor, or the high-resolution M10-R with a slightly more reticent operational speed, depending on their individual priorities. IN PRACTICE. Leica are certainly making the choice as easy as possible: the M10-R and M10-P are identical aside from the sensor (and, of course, the red dot). This leaves only two questions to consider: how significant is the gain in image quality provided by the higher resolution? And: does the M10-R feel noticeably slower in practical application? Internally, the new camera is based on the M10-P with its quieter shutter. Externally, its red dot makes
it indistinguishable from the standard M10 – unless you scrutinise the engraving on the flash shoe. Dimensions, weight, as well as features such as the control elements, are the same in all three cameras. What sets the M10-R apart from its two sister models is its sensor – distinguished by an enormous resolution of 40.89 MP, or 7864 x 5200 pixels. The question as to whether this translates to significantly increased image quality can only be answered with a resounding yes. A higher resolution is synonymous with a greater rendition of details. So it is always advantageous, even if it exceeds what you would need for a small-scale print. At the same time, the captured details remain visible even in lower-resolution prints.
Of course, the 24 megapixels of the M10/M10-P are more than sufficient to produce high-quality A4 prints – and, within this print size category, even the M10-R will be hard-pressed to render any additional details. It is mostly when printing larger formats, or magnifying cropped sections of an image, that the M10-R really comes into its own. Yet even in those instances, only pixel peeping or a magnifying glass will reveal notable discrepancies between the M10-R and the still indisputably superb M10. LESS NOISE. The 24 MP of the M10 are widely perceived as the ‘ideal resolution’. After all, previous experience has shown that higher resolutions with smaller pixels generally lead to increased →
The engraving on the flash shoe is the only external detail that distinguishes the M10-R from the M10, which served as the basis for the new model. Concealed inside, however, is a sensor with a resolution of over 40 megapixels, as well as the quiet shutter of the M10-P. The new M10-R is also available in an all-black finish
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M U LT I S H OT F I R M WA R E U P D AT E S L 2
Leica have released the first major firmware update for theLeica SL2: the multishot mode opens up new possibilities, and highlights the enormous potential embedded in the camera’s hardware.
The firmware update for the SL2 enables the mirrorless full-frame camera to capture images with a resolution of up to 187 megapixels
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In November 2019, Leica introduced the successor to the popular SL (Typ 601) mirrorless system camera – the Leica SL2. Its most distinguishing features were the 47-megapixel suspended sensor, in-body image stabilisation, improved ergonomics, and a new control layout introduced with the Leica Q2 in 2019. At that point, Leica had already proven that SL cameras can be retrospectively fine-tuned without the need to hand them over to Customer Service: back in 2017, the firmware update 3.0 transformed the Leica SL (Typ 601) into what my colleague, Michael Hußmann, described as an almost entirely new camera (see LFI 6/2017, page 92). Now the current Leica SL2’s integrated hardware reserves are brought to the fore with the camera’s first major update: firmware version 2.0. From the very beginning, Leica accompanied the SL2’s release with the promise that an innovative new feature – the so-called multishot mode – would be added as part of the first substantial upgrade. The pandemic-induced lockdown delayed the release of the software, but at the end of June, the moment had finally arrived: the firmware update 2.0 for the SL2 was available to download. In addition to the multishot function, the update also includes numerous smaller optimisations, implemented in response to feedback from photographers who have tested the camera for the first few months after its release. But more on this later.
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What does this feature actually entail? The answer lies in the movability of the camera’s suspended sensor. The multishot function allows the camera to record eight consecutive frames which are subsequently calculated into one single image by the Maestro III processor. In between each exposure, the sensor is shifted by a half-pixel increment. The resulting images display a staggering amount of detail, and can achieve a resolution of up to 187 MP – four times that of a standard recording. Sinar already pursued a similar concept a few years ago. However, in contrast to the Swiss manufacturer’s digital camera backs, Leica chose to integrate the multishot function directly into the camera for ultimate convenience – though its optimal performance depends on a number of prerequisites. First and foremost, you will need a sturdy tripod to avoid any type of camera shake, seeing as all image stabilisation (in-camera and in-lens) will be automatically disabled. Consequently, the multishot function is not suitable for handheld shooting. The lighting conditions should be consistent, and your sensitivity setting should not exceed ISO 3200. It is important to use lenses that have been calculated for the SL2’s full-frame format (as opposed to APS-C) and to forgo the flash. Lastly, multishot mode always works in conjunction with the electronic shutter. And yet, these constraints are negligible in light of the superior results you are able to achieve. →
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In multishot mode, the SL2 produces two versions of the image: one with the standard resolution of 47 MP, and one with 187 MP. The differences in detail rendition are enormous
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The size of this standard image is 8368 × 5584 pixels
The size of this multishot image is 16 736 × 11 168 pixels
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B U T T E R F LY I N THE MORNING “Macro photography in black and white is always a challenge, but the M10 Monochrom’s reduction of structure and contrasts performed way beyond my expectations! The dewdrops glitter with a silvery-metallic effect, and I loved the mood in the morning light.” Hardy-Bernd Wagner Leica M10 Monochrom with Macro-Adapter-M and Macro-Elmar-M 90 f/4
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