[Leica] SL2 arrived

[Douglas Barry]

Looks good, Ken. With all those megapixels, the crops will still be full 
of definition.
Douglas


On 10/12/2019 16:15, Ken Iisaka wrote:
> 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"
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>>> 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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