Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina I have not held this camera, but to me it seems as if Leica are trying to catch up with Fujifilm. The Q is their answer to the X100, and now the SL is the X-T. the Leica is no doubt an awful lot better, but they are very late in the catch-up game. Gerry On Oct 22, 2015, at 03:31 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: I want something that feels like a Leica, not a Sony or a Fuji or a Canon or a Nikon. I don't want video or EVF or lots of buttons and wheels. I want an M rangefinder - but with autofocus. I guess it might not be possible. Tina On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:27 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. I really can?t agree with this Tina. I do not understand what you are after. While it feels fine to me, it does not feel like a brick, it?s simply not a brick. steve > > 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 >>>>> http://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 >>> http://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 > http://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. 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