the technical definition of dynamic range is the range of light the camera sensor can capture. the wider the better (unlike waist size). the wider the range, the easier you can unf**k an image if one is too lazy to properly expose during an image making process. here's the conundrum about using q2m - the whole purpose of doing monochrome photography is so the user master light difference, yet the q2m capture so wide a range, that mastery is no longer needed. perhaps that is the purpose of leica, to democratise black and white photography without the need to learn or master light.

i like to watch storms forming (from my home balcony or in work meetings) - i made this image while on a zoom call and didn't even properly meter the scene. post processing, the highlights weren't blown, the blacks weren't dark as hell and there were so much grayness it makes politics look binary.

the macro feature is a nice addition to the fantastic lens, but basic and nothing to shout about. this is section is just an excuse for me to show my most loved quartz watch in the world - +/- 3 seconds per year, only my apple watch is more accurate than this watch.

the leica q2m can shoot at iso 100,000 - that is 5 stops more than the fastest black and white film i used. of course there are banding, noise and image degradation shooting at such high iso - but the images are pretty useable. i cannot think of scenarios i need to use high iso except to make unglam photos of my partner to blackmail her during an argument.