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

Thu Oct 22 12:55:29 PDT 2015

Aram - The innards of the SL are based on the Q, supposedly.

Tina

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with you, Steve.  I handled one for about 30 minutes and loved
> it.  It felt good, the viewfinder was better than the Sony easily, or my
> wife's Olumpus.  Maybe as good as the Fuji XT1.  I found it a very
> enjoyable camera.  I was really hoping the new Leica was going to be based
> on the Q.
>
> Aram
>
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired  Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
>
> “The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
> would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Barbour [mailto:steve.barbour at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:26 AM
> To: LUG list <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica announces SL (Typ 601), a 24MP full frame
> mirrorless capable of 11fps and 4K video
>
>
> > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:27 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> I really can’t agree with this Tina. I do not understand what you are
> after. While it feels fine to me, it does not feel like a brick, it’s
> simply not a brick.
>
>
> steve
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> >
> > 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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> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>
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