Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]?It's a Sony a99. Here is Steve Huff's comment: "I call this new Hasselblad the ?HPV 99? (there really is no 99 in the name, nor a ?P?) because it is the Sony A99 with a new coat of paint and cosmetics at an almost $9000 premium, which to me sounds like a big old genital wart on the camera industry. Yep, should be called the HPV 99." Paul www.PaulRoark.com ? On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information