Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not really sure what the marketing group at Leica is thinking here...they clearly aren't going for the pro market...no lenses, no long lenses...for at least how many years? I guess it's another form of Leica Jewlery. I'm like Tina, if it's a new Leica camera, I'm usually on it, well maybe not quite as fast as Tina...but I have no desire to buy one of these SL's. I speak from ignorance, I have only read what y'all have read, haven't had a face to face with one yet... Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > Aram - The innards of the SL are based on the Q, supposedly. > > Tina > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:35 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. > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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 >