Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suppose one day I will have to change but I really don't like EVFs unless I'm using live view. Leo Wesson leowesson.com > On Nov 26, 2015, at 20:22, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi David, I'd like to add a few thoughts to this general topic. Perhaps > some people are looking at the SL from an M system background. I I don't > think that where Leica Camera is aiming it. Compared to the high end Canon > and Nikon bodies and 24-70 the numbers stack up differently. Certainly that > first lens is large and heavy but then it's AF and image stabilised. The > first fast prime for the SL though really seems may be more akin to the > OTUS design for example. > > I guess I'm looking from a less common viewpoint in that after 8 years or > so with the film and then digital M gear I'm now using the S system almost > entirely. So when I handled the SL I immediately thought that it felt more > compact and actually balanced well in my hands with the 24-90. Maybe D4 > users, for example might have that different perspective too? Controls and > menu wise, again it is really S through and through.Those are good things. > > I can see the benefits that the EVF brings. I think it will take some > adjusting to get used to, but it seems likely that this is the future, > including for the next generation of S bodies too. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Lykes Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com> >> To: LUGers <lug at leica-users.org> >> Cc: >> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:47:26 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Experimental Photos with Leica SL (to Tina) >>> I can use my M and R lenses with this camera. I HATE Sony's layered menu >>> options and buttons and wheels. I have never regretted any Leica >>> purchase. I have regretted every Fuji and Sony purchase. >>> >>> I guess I'm Leica's target market. >> >> Tina -- >> >> My opinion of the camera may become different once prime lenses become >> available. I was really put off by the size and weight of the first zoom. >> As much as I appreciate my a7s, it does feel a bit small in my hand >> sometimes. The SL with a prime might hit a sweet spot if I choose to >> justify the price (as I did when buying a Monochrom). >> >> I do like Leica's simplification approach to digital photography. I agree >> with you about the intensity of all the Japanese cameras' menus, not just >> the Sony. However, I've found that once the camera is set the way I want, >> it is rarely necessary to change a menu setting. But, yes, setting it up >> at >> first can be a challenge. >> >> In my brief handling of the SL at PhotoPlus Expo, it definitely has the >> "it" that makes it a Leica. It was interesting, though, that some of the >> Leica reps (maybe down toward the M and Q cameras!) were also a bit >> baffled >> about this camera. ;) >> >> . >> Dave. >> >> -- >> My photography web site <http://www.dlkphotography.com> >> Like my Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/dlkphotog> >> My FAIR WITNESS book <http://www.fair-witness.com> released March 2015 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information