[Leica] Another report on the SL

[Richard Man]

Most equipment reviewers are so-so photographers ;-P

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> He may be the owner, but he's not a great photographer looking at the
> offerings which are prosaic to say the least. A reason to buy - or rent the
> SL? No, I think I'll wait and see what Tina can do with it over the next
> six months, as it looks promising - in her hands.
>
> Douglas
> Not a great photographer either!!!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Duprey" <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com
> >
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another report on the SL
>
>
>
> He is the owner of Lens Rental, I seem to remember.
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The key part for me was he had to have just it the SL and not also his
>>> favorite Sony or his other cameras also around to fully realize the
>>> assets
>>> of the new mirrorless Leica. Otherwise it as just stuff he was less
>>> comfortable with.
>>> You can't get to know a camera if its just one of a bundle you're
>>> reaching
>>> for. I think you have to take off on a trip somewhere with just that
>>> camera
>>> and  use just it.
>>>
>>> The other thing is if this guy is working in a rental place his view of
>>> the
>>> value of cameras is very good. A website called lensrentals.com would
>>> seem
>>> to be that though its not clear if he works at a lens rental place or
>>> not.
>>> And would a lens rental place rent SL's. Because I think that. I think a
>>> lens rental place would rent a Leica S minus the L. and he's have a real
>>> good opinion on that camera as he's seen them come back from many jobs.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/28/15 1:04 PM, "Robert D. Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I just finished reading that and then wandered over to the LUG and saw
>>> your
>>> > post. It is an interesting read indeed.
>>> >
>>> > I was at the Washington DC Leica Store a couple of weeks ago and 'tried
>>> one
>>> > on' for a few minutes.  I think it is what he says it is, but it is not
>>> yet
>>> > for me due to size and cost.  I'm still happy with my M-P (240) and in
>>> > addition as a carry around I picked up a used X (113) which is not as
>>> > bad
>>> > as you might be led to believe by its size and price.
>>> >
>>> > --Bob
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Akhil Lal <alal at nyu.edu> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2015/12/leica-sl-a-hatelove-story
>>> >>
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