Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]was intended to make folk smile btw phil kaplin at keh has. direct line to wetzlar for cheap special sl sl2 Sent from my iPhone > 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 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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