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

Fri Oct 23 14:22:33 PDT 2015

The Q is getting raves from all the best people out there.
The ones who call their Mom's every Sunday.

On 10/22/15 10:36 AM, "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:

> Tina

I have not held this camera, but to me it seems as if Leica are trying
> to catch up with Fujifilm. The Q is their answer to the X100, and now the SL
> is the X-T. the Leica is no doubt an awful lot better, but they are very late
> in the catch-up game.

Gerry

On Oct 22, 2015, at 03:31 PM, Tina Manley
> <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

I want something that feels like a Leica, not a
> Sony or a Fuji or a Canon
or a Nikon. I don't want video or EVF or lots of
> buttons and wheels. I
want an M rangefinder - but with autofocus. I guess it
> might not be
possible.

Tina

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Steve Barbour
> <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 can¹t 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, it¹s
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-r
> eview-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‹don¹t 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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