Leica M11 profiles

Two days with the camera, and a third one that turned into Stockholm

Two days of photography, and the Leica stays loyal to me — nearly always, at least.

The Leica and the profiles that won’t stay put

There are small annoying quirks that come with the Leica, and the worst one is the profiles.

I pick a profile for the moment, walk around with the camera for a while, and when I then check whether my chosen profile is still there — it’s back on the default profile.

This is basically the same thing as C1, C2 and C3 on Canon’s cameras, and there it has never played up a single time.

Then I saw how Hasselblad has solved it on the X2D 100C, and that was done very professionally.

I’m sure Nikon, Sony and Fujifilm have working profiles too.

But I assume Leica’s developers are a few dinosaurs left over from the analogue days.

Other than that, I like my camera a lot.🙂

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Leica M11 profiles — Västerås Cathedral. A sundial you walk past for years without ever seeing.

📷 LEICA M11-P · Summilux-M 1:1.4/50 ASPH. · f/4 · 1/1000s · ISO 200 · 50mm · 2026-08-03

The morning routine

I nearly forgot the most important part.

Of course it’s a proper breakfast with good coffee, and a while to lean back and simply enjoy it.

These are routines I’m never going to give up.

Monday: Prisma, the square and salsa on Vasagatan

Monday turned into an evening with the photo group Prisma.

We met up at Café Malin, and after that it was all over the place — everyone headed off in their own direction.

I’m not sure how many we were altogether, but our little group ended up being three.

We walked down towards the square and then steered off towards Vasagatan, where they were doing salsa dancing out on the street around seven o’clock.

A dozen or so adults standing in a circle on the pavement, hands on their hips, eyes on their feet.

This is where Daniel turned up.

A breath of fresh air, camera at the ready, walking around filming and shooting.

Tuesday: Vallbybron, the swing bench and the allotments

Tuesday was a bit more laid-back.

I stopped by Vallbybron, but this time I didn’t head into town — instead I walked towards the cemetery and sat down in that lovely swing bench for a while.

It’s nice to just switch off for a bit.

A piece of fruit or two goes down easily while you sit there reading the paper on your phone.

And once you’re sitting still you start noticing other things: the chain holding the swing up, the way it hangs straight down through the specks of light under the oak.

After that I carried on through Biskopsängen and all the allotments, with gardens full of flowers and fruit.

Some people really pour their soul into their little patches of earth, and you can tell.

📷 LEICA M11-P · Summilux-M 1:1.4/50 ASPH. · f/4 · 1/2000s · ISO 400 · 50mm · 2026-08-05

Wednesday: Stockholm, just like that

Yesterday got a little crazy — we went off to Stockholm completely unplanned.

It was Susanne’s birthday and she got to decide the day, and it ended up being Barrels & Burgers on Hornsgatan.

After the meal I walked over to Gunnar Olssons Foto at Hornsgatan 91 to plan sending my camera in to Leica.

I also had a request for a loan camera, and said I’d happily borrow a Leica M11 Monochrom.

Leica aren’t exactly quick, so I assume the camera will be gone for three or four months.

While I was there, Susanne wandered around the little shops along the same street.

It didn’t amount to much more than that — the parking fee came to around 35 SEK an hour, so you can imagine how short the visit to the big city turned out.

One more quick stop at Barkarby, considerably shorter than the previous one.