Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I tried a Q at Leica in New York and the minute I picked it up, I hated it. I cannot hold a camera out and take a photo and looking through the viewfinder made me sick to my stomach. It's also too light and plasticky feeling for me. Tina On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > The Q is great, why not a Q with interchangeable lenses, still a lot > better than a rangefinder. Nikon and Canon are trying to come down in > size, so why just now is Leica wanting to go bigger? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've told my Leica guy that I'm having second thoughts after reading this > > review: > > > http://leicarumors.com/2015/10/20/the-leica-sl-typ-601-camera-review-leica-gambles-big.aspx/ > > > > If I bought an SL and then Leica came out with an actual M with > autofocus, > > I would be very, very upset. A new M is rumored. I'm going to Iran in > > April and was hoping for an autofocus camera before then. Chances are > slim > > and none, I guess. > > > > Tina > > > >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Thoughts from Luminous Landscape today on SL > >> > >> "The other main concern which I have is the user interface. The SL is > very > >> similar to the S in this regard, which means that there are unlabeled > soft > >> keys surrounding the rear LCD that make quick settings and navigation > >> time-consuming and non-intuitive. I found the new S very difficult to > come > >> to terms with for this reason, and I would expect the SL to not be much > >> different." > >> > >> Scott > >> > >> > >>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Yes. That drove me crazy with the many, many focus points you could > >> choose > >>> with the Canon DSLRs. I'm hoping Leica has solved that. I would > settle > >>> for a "focus on the center and recompose" solution. You could do that > >> with > >>> the Canon but it wasn't intuitive or easy! Too many buttons and wheels > >> and > >>> choices. > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at > >>> gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> ===On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Autofocus. My eyes are getting older by the minute. > >>>>> > >>>>> Tina > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman < > photo at frozenlight.eu> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> But why?don?t you already have the M240, the Monochrom etc.?so what > is > >>>>> the > >>>>>> point of this one? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>> Nathan > >>>> I have the same problem, Tina, but in my experience I have a tough > time > >>>> convincing autofocus to focus on what I want it to focus on. > >>>> > >>>> --Bob > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tina Manley > >>> www.tinamanley.com > >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>> > >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html