Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Oct 22, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> > wrote: > > I agree with you, Steve. I handled one for about 30 minutes and loved it. > It felt good, the viewfinder was better than the Sony easily, or my > wife's Olumpus. Maybe as good as the Fuji XT1. I found it a very > enjoyable camera. I was really hoping the new Leica was going to be based > on the Q. We have a Leica Q. We both love it, and we, so far, share it . It takes great images, easily the equivalent of any leica camera/lens combo of the past. The auto feature works beautifully . And we both have had virtually no trouble, learning how to zoom with our feet . steve > > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Barbour [mailto:steve.barbour at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:26 AM > To: LUG list <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica announces SL (Typ 601), a 24MP full frame > mirrorless capable of 11fps and 4K video > > >> 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 >>>>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C9 >>> 37AA91/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-2175C9 >>> 37AA91/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-2175C93 >> 7AA91/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