Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aside from a desire for longer native lenses, the SL's 24 MP with a lens as spectacularly good as the 90-280 APO resulted in horrific aliasing and color moire in fine feather detail, and I did not get along at all with the SL+90-280 optical stabilization. I liked the camera enough that I tried inventing scenarios that could rationalize the considerable expense but reluctantly concluded that I ought to do what I did with the Sony alpha 7 system, wait until the second generation cameras and appropriate lenses before jumping in. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Nov 12, 2019 1:33 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Cc: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] a few birdies > >The SL with the 90-280 gives some spectacular results but I know you need >longer for your birds. It's perfect for stage photography, though. > >The larger files of the SL2 are actually a drawback for me. It would slow >everything down from storage to processing. > >Tina > >On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 3:18 PM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at >leica-users.org> >wrote: > >> Yes I have some regrets. I still have a 280 APO which has not seen any >> daylight in the last two years, this will be the last Leica lens I'd let >> go >> of. If Leica or one of the other L-mount partners were to make a native >> lens comparable in quality, along with some longer lenses I'll take a good >> look at the SL2. I gave the SL and its system a couple of good tries and >> it didn't meet my needs. Neither did the first-generation Sony cameras >> FWIW. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> >Sent: Nov 12, 2019 12:07 PM >> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >Cc: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> >> >Subject: Re: [Leica] a few birdies >> > >> >Those look great, as usual. Do you have any regrets at all for leaving >> >Leica?? I know I would, but that's just me. >> > >> >Tina >> > >> >On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 10:35 AM Douglas Herr via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Last week I picked up a new 600mm lens and I've spent a few days >> >> getting >> >> to know the beast. >> >> >> >> It's big. It attracts a lot of attention. It's surprisingly >> lightweight >> >> (for a big lens). It's not so big that I can't hike with it. It can >> >> produce a lot of detail on a 40+MP sensor. >> >> >> >> the pictures: >> >> >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/actitis/spsand03.html >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/sialia/weblue33.html >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mergus/comerg26.html >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/falco/pefalc15.html >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/aythya/rnduck04.html >> >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/haliaeetus/baeagl11.html >> >> >> >> Doug Herr >> >> Birdman of Sacramento >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Tina Manley >> >www.tinamanley.com >> >http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley >> >< >> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html >> > >> >*https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html >> ><https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.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 >http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley ><http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> >*https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html ><https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information