[Leica] SL2 arrived

[Douglas Herr]

ARGGGHHH!

I wish I hadn't read this!

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.org>
>Sent: Dec 9, 2019 4:19 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: [Leica] SL2 arrived
>
>So, I had been on the fence about getting an SL2. I knew I didn't "need" 47
>mp. I also thought the Q2 I acquired a few months ago produced unbelievably
>fantastic results when I took it on a trip to Italy a while back, too.
>
>Yet, I put myself on a waiting list for an SL2, thinking that it won't be
>until some time next year until I receive it, and I thought I would have
>some time to decide whether I really wanted it or not.
>
>Well, it turned out that I got an e-mail last week that I would be
>receiving one soon. Panicked, I debated whether to cancel the order, but
>the lapse of judgment let it slip by, and a box arrived a few days later.
>
>I have not shot many pictures with it yet but here are a few things:
>
>The image stabilization works incredibly well, with a native SL lens, as
>well as a coded M lens. It even worked well with a non-ROM R lens, after I
>set the lens spec through its touch-screen UI which is extremely intuitive,
>even better than SL. This means I'll take more hand-held pictures with my
>collection of M- and R- mount lenses. Stabilization seems to work even
>better than the Q2.
>
>Mounted on a tripod, it captures far more details than I can see with my
>very own eyes. I have recently printed a landscape taken with a Q2 to
>16"x24", and immediately ordered the same with 24"x36". Because the Q2
>picture had to be cropped a little bit from the original, I wasn't using
>all the information that was captured. With the excellent 24-90, I can
>really use every square millimeter of the sensor. The result is comparable
>to, dare I say, 4x5. Over the weekend, I took some pictures around the
>Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in San Mateo County at dusk, and came home with
>stunning images, taken with 30-second exposures.
>
>With a compact prime lens, I can see it making the Q2 redundant, even if Q2
>is lighter than the SL2 body alone. However, the Q2 is so invisible, where
>the SL/SL2 seem so imposing. I will likely keep the Q2 to take snapshots,
>but the SL2 will probably be used more often than the SL was.
>
>With my previous Leica and non-Leica cameras, I was aware of their
>limitations, be it an M3, M6, M8, or a Leicaflex SL2 or even the digital
>SL. Now, it feels like there are no limits.
>
>The only other time I felt the same astonishment was when I tried a Leica
>M3 for the first time, after years of Japanese SLRs. Or, the time I tried a
>Fazioli concert grand after decades of playing Steinways. It just felt like
>the universe just got bigger beyond my ken.
>
>Anyone wants to buy an SL, cheap?
>
>-- 
>Ken Iisaka
>first name at last name dot org or com
>
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