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Subject: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:52:07 -0500
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Doug, will these 3-cam lenses work with the SL2?


35mm f1.4 Summilux-R, E67
35mm f2 Summicron-R
60mm f2.8 Macro Elmarit, E55
80mm f1.4 Summilux-R E67
90mm f2.8 Elmarit-R, E55
100mm f2.8 APO Macro Elmarit R, E60
180mm f3.4 APO-Telyt E60
80-200 f4 Vario-Elmar, E60



Thanks
Vick



On 12/4/2011 7:57 PM, Doug Herr wrote:
> Vick Ko wrote:
>
>> Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
> Me personally, no.  I have two SL bodies that I rationalize by keeping 
> TMax-100 in one of them, but actual use has been near zero.  The real 
> reason I have them is nostalgia.  I used the SL for many years before I 
> used an SL2 so the SL feels more comfortable to me.  I can also use many 
> ROM lenses on the SL with very small modifications, which cannot be done 
> with the SL2.  If I wanted to use any one of the lenses that required the 
> SL2's mirror box specs I'd reconsider the "no".
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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