[Leica] SL2 arrived

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Congrats Ken, show us a sample image!

Douglas


On 10/12/2019 00:19, Ken Iisaka wrote:
> So, I had been on the fence about getting an SL2. I knew I didn't "need" 47
> mp. I also thought the Q2 I acquired a few months ago produced unbelievably
> fantastic results when I took it on a trip to Italy a while back, too.
>
> Yet, I put myself on a waiting list for an SL2, thinking that it won't be
> until some time next year until I receive it, and I thought I would have
> some time to decide whether I really wanted it or not.
>
> Well, it turned out that I got an e-mail last week that I would be
> receiving one soon. Panicked, I debated whether to cancel the order, but
> the lapse of judgment let it slip by, and a box arrived a few days later.
>
> I have not shot many pictures with it yet but here are a few things:
>
> The image stabilization works incredibly well, with a native SL lens, as
> well as a coded M lens. It even worked well with a non-ROM R lens, after I
> set the lens spec through its touch-screen UI which is extremely intuitive,
> even better than SL. This means I'll take more hand-held pictures with my
> collection of M- and R- mount lenses. Stabilization seems to work even
> better than the Q2.
>
> Mounted on a tripod, it captures far more details than I can see with my
> very own eyes. I have recently printed a landscape taken with a Q2 to
> 16"x24", and immediately ordered the same with 24"x36". Because the Q2
> picture had to be cropped a little bit from the original, I wasn't using
> all the information that was captured. With the excellent 24-90, I can
> really use every square millimeter of the sensor. The result is comparable
> to, dare I say, 4x5. Over the weekend, I took some pictures around the
> Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in San Mateo County at dusk, and came home with
> stunning images, taken with 30-second exposures.
>
> With a compact prime lens, I can see it making the Q2 redundant, even if Q2
> is lighter than the SL2 body alone. However, the Q2 is so invisible, where
> the SL/SL2 seem so imposing. I will likely keep the Q2 to take snapshots,
> but the SL2 will probably be used more often than the SL was.
>
> With my previous Leica and non-Leica cameras, I was aware of their
> limitations, be it an M3, M6, M8, or a Leicaflex SL2 or even the digital
> SL. Now, it feels like there are no limits.
>
> The only other time I felt the same astonishment was when I tried a Leica
> M3 for the first time, after years of Japanese SLRs. Or, the time I tried a
> Fazioli concert grand after decades of playing Steinways. It just felt like
> the universe just got bigger beyond my ken.
>
> Anyone wants to buy an SL, cheap?
>