[Leica] SL2 arrived

[Ken Iisaka]

Here is picture #3.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/eindzxfKQ5grpj1p8

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 04:05, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Congrats Ken, show us a sample image!
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 10/12/2019 00:19, Ken Iisaka wrote:
> > 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?
> >
>
>
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