[Leica] BIG new Leica - TINA

[tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)]

The Q is very light and plastic feeling.  The SL is heavy and brick-like.
More like an M.  I will just have to learn to work with the EVF which
others seem to love.  The reviews say it is much faster with less lag than
the Q which is what made me dizzy.  I don't use the EVF on the M240 much.
Only when I have the R lenses on it.

Tina

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:39 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> Will it be much different from the Q viewfinder that you seemed to hate?
> Or to an M(240) with (lower resolution) EVF?
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> You can use all of the Leica M and R lenses on it with adapters but they
> won't be autofocus.  Supposedly the very large, bright viewfinder makes it
> easier to manually focus them.
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The Leica SL with a small lens on it would be near pocketable (jacket
> > exterior pocket) unlike the Nikon. But like the M
> >
> > I think we need to not define a camera body by the stupidly huge lens
> > someone puts on it. Any camera body can have a modest to compact optic
> > on front of it instead of a metal munching fast zoom or a zoom with an
> > overly wide range... And VR makes a lens way heavier and I think bulkier.
> >
> > I'm saying put more Leicalike glass in front of these bodies and we
> > can see how they compare with an M with a typical M optic on it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/22/15 3:50 PM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting.  He also seems to state it has better image quality
> > > than
> > the M.
> > > Here is a quote:
> > >
> > > "The SL is not a cheap camera ? EUR6,000+ for the body and a further
> > > EUR4,000+ for each lens makes this the preserve of the very wealthy,
> > though
> > > in reality I suspect most of Leica?s existing audience will see this
> > > one
> > as
> > > a no-brainer. M lenses are now virtually native, as are R lenses;
> > > they?re easy to focus and image quality is better than from the M
> > > cameras. It
> > would
> > > have been nice to see more resolution, but I suspect this might have
> > eaten
> > > uncomfortably into S system sales. I actually suspect this camera is
> > > the beginning of the end of the M resurgence ? a typical complaint
> > > from M
> > users
> > > I know is one of deteriorating eyesight and difficulty in achieving
> > focus.
> > > We no longer have that problem. And for those used to paying $7,000+
> > > for
> > a
> > > body, the SL isn?t a stretch at all."
> > >
> > > He also goes on a bit about the size.   BIG
> > >
> > > 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: John McMaster [mailto:john at mcmaster.fr]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:58 AM
> > > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] BIG new Leica - TINA
> > >
> > > It is the lenses, almost same size and weight as S lenses!
> > >
> > > https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5790/21615453253_1c85b372e2_c.jpg
> > >
> > > SL compared to a D810 with 24-120/4 lens....
> > >
> > > (from
> > > http://blog.mingthein.com/2015/10/21/premiere-review-2015-leica-sl-6
> > > 01/
> > )
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > It's really not that big of a camera, but folks are hung up on this
> > > idea that a mirrorless camera has to be a tiny little thing.
> > > SL size compared to a digital M:
> > > https://tinyurl.com/ppbdsr8
> > >
> > > I look forward to seeing what you can do with it, Tina.
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > > On 10/21/2015 3:17 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > >> Has anybody posted a photo of it compared to the size of the M9 or
> > >> the M240?  The Sony and Fuji mirrorless cameras are actually too
> > >> small and too light for me.
> > >>
> > >> Tina
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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