Leica My Favorite Leica x2 Photos - Enjoy!

humanbeing

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Well, these are just a few of my favorites. When the light is right, and the autofocus works properly, this is what's possible.

But due to a lot of great photos ruined by slight blurriness.... I'm thinking to sell my x2 and get a Sony RX1.

These photos haven't been corrected at all using any software. They have, though, been made smaller for uploading here.

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Nice shots. What's happening in the third image?

When it first came out the X2 produced softer shots than the X1 at Base ISO and ISO3200.
A firmware fix sorted the problem at ISO 3200 but AFAIK it still exists at Base ISO.

Of all the Leica X series it appears that the old X1 still produces the sharpest images.
 
Thanks! But it seems the website really reduces the quality when uploading them!

The third image is a festival last week near Langmusi in Gansu Province in China. Its a Tibetan festival celebrating tribes no longer being at war with eachother.
 
These are wonderful photos. I would really like to know more about the blurriness problems you have had with the X2. I just tried one last week and really liked the feel. Thanks again!
 
Blurriness

These are wonderful photos. I would really like to know more about the blurriness problems you have had with the X2. I just tried one last week and really liked the feel. Thanks again!

Basically I found that in any kind of low light - even daylight in a shadow , or a rainy day, or maybe 6pm in the summer (when it doesn't get really dark until about 8-9) - any kind of hand shake transfers to the image, even above 1/60th.
 
The low light picture of the two giraffes is outstanding.
My only Leica experience so far is with two Leica Digilux 2's.
Not totally Leica, but as close as I have gotten. They still do good work.
 
Basically I found that in any kind of low light - even daylight in a shadow , or a rainy day, or maybe 6pm in the summer (when it doesn't get really dark until about 8-9) - any kind of hand shake transfers to the image, even above 1/60th.

When shooting with my X2, I find I need to take control of ISO in any low light situations. The auto ISO is limited by the inability to set a min shutter speed above 1/30 second - too slow for a non-stabilized camera.
 
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