[Leica] Leica SL lens question

Sun Jun 11 00:52:24 PDT 2017

Photography wise I’m glad I’m living in the future now I find it very convenient.
I have enough memory in my camera holding two cards for a trip to the next scenic galaxy which is the Andromeda with no strain. 
And that’s taking the scenic route off the main thruways. 
And pulling over to the side of the road every five minutes.
And that’s shooting full NEF’s which are raw files. 
Anything that moves, or holds still and anything in between.
My new camera I’ve had for a month now is a Leica D750 I’m not sure I officially announced that on the LUG yet. Its rocked my little world.
It’s got framelines in it for 1.2 times and 1.5 times. 
Loving it.!! Right now, I have a hulking 14mm 2.8 on it. But I can shoot at DX making it a 21mm or at 1.2 making it a 17mm lens friendlier than 14mm.
And the framelines make all the difference. I can see around my pictures again!

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 6/9/17, 8:44 PM, "LUG on behalf of Tina Manley" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

    I carried only the SL and 24-90 and 50/1.4 to Syria.  I figured if anything
    broke, I would use my cell phone.  Nothing broke.  I carried the camera
    with the 24-90 90% of the time.  I used the 50/1.4 for portraits of kids
    mostly.  I walked a lot carrying all of my equipment.  I'm a 71 year old
    woman with two artificial knees.  The camera and lens were never too heavy
    for me.  I never got a sore neck or shoulder from carrying the camera.  The
    auto-focus on this camera is phenomenal.  I carried the M6 and Noctilux for
    many, many years with 300 rolls of film in a backpack.  This is certainly
    equal or easier as far as I'm concerned.  Two tiny little 128 GB cards held
    all of my photos.

    Tina

    On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 8:28 PM, <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

    > Bob I should have more correctly said that the ROM functions with the R
    > lenses are not relevant with the M lenses and there is no mechanical
    > linkage for aperture operation with M lenses as we know.
    > And yes the M optical dot coding is relevant.
    > My love for the 24-90 and OIS is not undiluted I confess, or at least the
    > jury is still out for me.
    > The way I use the SL focus is to use a single AF point in AFs operating in
    > MF with the rear button (as I was taught for fashion/beauty with DSLRs)
    > But I don’t always see what I think ought to be bitingly sharp even though
    > I am typically f/9.5 and be there for studio.
    > It certainly can be but maybe I need more practice. To be fair when you
    > are seeing S and SL files from same environment at 100% on your editing
    > monitor.....
    > Maybe the OIS is making my slower exposures sharper but I am not noticing
    > it. It’s a thing to remember when I go to tripod though.
    >
    > As an aside to that let’s see if all of those acronyms provoke comments!
    >
    > Handling wise for me the SL-and 24-90 doesn’t feel appreciably lighter
    > that  the S with say 70 and the S is much better ergonomically as far as
    > holding comfort. That changes if you put the battery grip on the SL
    > Without that it is the sharp lower edge that bites me a bit after an hour
    > or two and a few hundred frames. Again it obviously it depends on how you
    > are shooting.  Sitting or kneeling on the studio floor hand-holding that
    > thing, align focus point compose shoot, maybe a frame every three seconds
    > for sets of 30 or 50. Maybe 300-500 frames in a couple of hours, more if I
    > am shooting with both cameras.
    >
    >
    >
    > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
    >
    > From: Bob Adler
    > Sent: Saturday, 10 June 2017 10:01 AM
    > To: Leica Users Group
    > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL lens question
    >
    > My M adapter has contacts.  Also, the lens information on coded M lenses
    > is passed through to become part of the EXIF information.
    >
    > Relative to Aram's question, there are a couple of things that I like
    > about SL lenses vs third party lenses:
    > 1.  SL lenses have OIS. I find this is very helpful in keeping the ISO
    > lower and the shutter speed higher by a couple of stops.
    > 2.  The autofocus is pretty impressive, but I'm not shooting sports or
    > moving animals, jus grandsons...
    > 3. Have you added the weight of the SL/R or whatever adapter to your calcs?
    > 4. The SL 24-90 isn't really that large. The hood and small body make it
    > appear that way. My bride thinks it looks, overall, smaller than most N & C
    > cameras she sees. YMMV
    > Good luck,
    > Bob
    >
    > Bob Adler
    > www.robertadlerphotography.com
    >
    > > On Jun 8, 2017, at 9:33 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
    > wrote:
    > >
    > > Aram you might like to research the exact functionality and cost for the
    > R
    > > adaptor as part of your considerations? Doug may be able to comment
    > there?
    > > I have the M adaptor but that has no linkages or contacts at all of
    > course
    > >
    > >> On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 at 2:21 pm, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
    > >>
    > >> Hi.  I was wondering about an alternative lens for the SL.  My biggest
    > >> gripe (aside from price) is the weight of the system and had a thought
    > of a
    > >> way to perhaps lighten the load a bit.  I have the 35-70/4 but I have
    > >> always thought I could use a bit more range.  So, how about the Leica
    > 28-90
    > >> ASPH?  I hear it is a pretty darn good lens, weighs about 50% less than
    > the
    > >> new 24-90 for the SL and can be had for a lot less money.  Does anybody
    > >> know how it would compare optically with the 24-90?  I found some MTF
    > >> curves for each, and it looks like the new SL lens is better, but that
    > does
    > >> not tell me much about real life situations.  True, you give up AF, but
    > I
    > >> do that now anyway using my 35-70 on my Nikon.  And I played around
    > with an
    > >> SL a bit last time I was in Seattle and I was able to focus it
    > accurately
    > >> with a much higher success rate than with my Nikon D750.  I was at one
    > time
    > >> tempted to get the 28-90 until I found out that Leitax does not adapt
    > that
    > >> lens to a Nikon mount.
    > >>
    > >> 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
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