Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep reading Mark there are quite a few I follow but maybe not names you would recognize but pros none the less Scott > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information