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

Thu Oct 22 14:02:27 PDT 2015

I am not really sure what the marketing group at Leica is thinking
here...they clearly aren't going for the pro market...no lenses, no long
lenses...for at least how many years?
I guess it's another form of Leica Jewlery.

I'm like Tina,  if it's a new Leica camera, I'm usually on it, well maybe
not quite as fast as Tina...but I have no desire to buy one of these SL's.

I speak from ignorance, I have only read what y'all have read, haven't had
a face to face with one yet...

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 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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