Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone mentioned in the many reviews coming out somthign to the tune of "have you ever used an mirrorless camera before?" as it might be a big of a shock we're used to cameras on our faces for decades not being held out in front of us. I don't belive they are catching on with serious users and pros like gang busters. Somewhere I'm sure there must be list of serious pros whose names ring a bell who use them now but I cant Bing nor Google it anywhere. I did read a thing "44 percent of all pros have switched to mirrorless" on sights selling computer flash drives. On 10/22/15 4:44 PM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/