Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I did not have a ton of Leica lenses, I would be very tempted by this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1034962-REG/hasselblad_h_1105101_hv_dslr_camera_with.html Why have they reduced the price so much!!??? Tina On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 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 > > > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html