[Leica] Leica announces SL (Typ 601), a 24MP full frame mirrorless capable of 11fps and 4K video

[Tina Manley]

I tried a Q at Leica in New York and the minute I picked it up, I hated
it.  I cannot hold a camera out and take a photo and looking through the
viewfinder made me sick to my stomach.  It's also too light and plasticky
feeling for me.

Tina

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Q is great, why not a Q with interchangeable  lenses, still a lot
> better than a rangefinder.  Nikon and Canon are trying to come down in
> size, so why just now is Leica wanting to go bigger?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've told my Leica guy that I'm having second thoughts after reading this
> > review:
> >
> http://leicarumors.com/2015/10/20/the-leica-sl-typ-601-camera-review-leica-gambles-big.aspx/
> >
> > If I bought an SL and then Leica came out with an actual M with
> autofocus,
> > I would be very, very upset.  A new M is rumored.  I'm going to Iran in
> > April and was hoping for an autofocus camera before then.  Chances are
> slim
> > and none, I guess.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thoughts from Luminous Landscape today on SL
> >>
> >> "The other main concern which I have is the user interface. The SL is
> very
> >> similar to the S in this regard, which means that there are unlabeled
> soft
> >> keys surrounding the rear LCD that make quick settings and navigation
> >> time-consuming and non-intuitive. I found the new S very difficult to
> come
> >> to terms with for this reason, and I would expect the SL to not be much
> >> different."
> >>
> >> Scott
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes.  That drove me crazy with the many, many focus points you could
> >> choose
> >>> with the Canon DSLRs.  I'm hoping Leica has solved that.  I would
> settle
> >>> for a "focus on the center and recompose" solution.  You could do that
> >> with
> >>> the Canon but it wasn't intuitive or easy!  Too many buttons and wheels
> >> and
> >>> choices.
> >>>
> >>> Tina
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> ===On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Autofocus.  My eyes are getting older by the minute.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tina
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman <
> photo at frozenlight.eu>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> But why—don’t you already have the M240, the Monochrom etc.—so what
> is
> >>>>> the
> >>>>>> point of this one?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>> Nathan
> >>>> I have the same problem, Tina, but in my experience I have a tough
> time
> >>>> convincing autofocus to focus on what I want it to focus on.
> >>>>
> >>>> --Bob
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Tina Manley
> >>> www.tinamanley.com
> >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> >>>
> >>
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> >>>
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> >
> >
> >
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> >
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