[Leica] Thoughts on the SL2?

[Mark Kronquist]

was intended to make folk smile btw phil kaplin at keh has. direct line to wetzlar for cheap special sl sl2 

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> On Sep 9, 2021, at 7:10 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Not that SL2 Mark.
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> I admit that naming things is hard, but Leica following Kodak’s long established lead in things photographic of naming different things with the same name (Tri-X and Tri-X Pro were completely different films with different speeds, Medalist was a paper and a camera, Selectol and Selectol Soft were totally different developers, I could go on and on - no wonder they are a shadow of their former selves) is daft and counter productive.  Trying to find a Leicaflex SL-2 or information about it is now hopelessly confounded with information about the Leica SL2.
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> But the worst name was given to a Pentax.  Years after an asterisk became a standard search engine wildcard input, Pentax called a camera the *ist.  Seriously.
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>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 at 2:48 am, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>> It’s a bit heavy, and the extra battery compartment on the front has alway seemed out of place to me. I have a well used black chrome one and it keeps going and going. I would recommend it  :-)
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>> > On Sep 9, 2021, at 10:05 AM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> > I wondering what the community is thinking about the SL2. How does it handle? 
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>> > I’m assuming image quality is great but I’m more interested in how it works in  your hand.
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>> > Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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>> > Adam Bridge
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