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Subject: [Leica] Thoughts on the SL2?
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 19:15:24 -0700
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was intended to make folk smile btw phil kaplin at keh has. direct line to 
wetzlar for cheap special sl sl2 

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> On Sep 9, 2021, at 7:10 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?
> 
> Not that SL2 Mark.
> 
> I admit that naming things is hard, but Leica following Kodak?s long 
> established lead in things photographic of naming different things with 
> the same name (Tri-X and Tri-X Pro were completely different films with 
> different speeds, Medalist was a paper and a camera, Selectol and Selectol 
> Soft were totally different developers, I could go on and on - no wonder 
> they are a shadow of their former selves) is daft and counter productive.  
> Trying to find a Leicaflex SL-2 or information about it is now hopelessly 
> confounded with information about the Leica SL2.
> 
> But the worst name was given to a Pentax.  Years after an asterisk became 
> a standard search engine wildcard input, Pentax called a camera the *ist.  
> Seriously.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 at 2:48 am, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>> It?s a bit heavy, and the extra battery compartment on the front has 
>> alway seemed out of place to me. I have a well used black chrome one and 
>> it keeps going and going. I would recommend it  :-)
>> 
>> > On Sep 9, 2021, at 10:05 AM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at 
>> > leica-users.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> > I wondering what the community is thinking about the SL2. How does it 
>> > handle? 
>> > 
>> > I?m assuming image quality is great but I?m more interested in how it 
>> > works in  your hand.
>> > 
>> > Thanks for sharing your experiences.
>> > 
>> > Adam Bridge
>> > 
>> > 
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