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

Thu Oct 22 17:48:53 PDT 2015

The sensor at least.  That is good news.  Wish the body were more like it.  My needs are different from yours, but at 65 and starting to feel it, size, or more importantly, weight, does matter.

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: Tina Manley [mailto:tmanley at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:55 PM
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica announces SL (Typ 601), a 24MP full frame mirrorless capable of 11fps and 4K video

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-revie
> >> w-
> >> 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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