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Subject: [Leica] Leica announces SL (Typ 601), a 24MP full frame mirrorless capable of 11fps and 4K video
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:31:07 -0400
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I want something that feels like a Leica, not a Sony or a Fuji or a Canon
or a Nikon. I don't want video or EVF or lots of buttons and wheels.  I
want an M rangefinder - but with autofocus.  I guess it might not be
possible.

Tina

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:27 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I tried a Q at Leica in New York and the minute I picked it up, I hated
> > it.  I cannot hold a camera out and take a photo and looking through the
> > viewfinder made me sick to my stomach.  It's also too light and plasticky
> > feeling for me.
>
>
> I really can?t agree with this Tina. I do not understand what you are
> after. While it feels fine to me, it does not feel like a brick, it?s
> simply not a brick.
>
>
> steve
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
> > gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The Q is great, why not a Q with interchangeable  lenses, still a lot
> >> better than a rangefinder.  Nikon and Canon are trying to come down in
> >> size, so why just now is Leica wanting to go bigger?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've told my Leica guy that I'm having second thoughts after reading
> this
> >>> review:
> >>>
> >>
> http://leicarumors.com/2015/10/20/the-leica-sl-typ-601-camera-review-leica-gambles-big.aspx/
> >>>
> >>> If I bought an SL and then Leica came out with an actual M with
> >> autofocus,
> >>> I would be very, very upset.  A new M is rumored.  I'm going to Iran in
> >>> April and was hoping for an autofocus camera before then.  Chances are
> >> slim
> >>> and none, I guess.
> >>>
> >>> Tina
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at 
> >>>> mac.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Thoughts from Luminous Landscape today on SL
> >>>>
> >>>> "The other main concern which I have is the user interface. The SL is
> >> very
> >>>> similar to the S in this regard, which means that there are unlabeled
> >> soft
> >>>> keys surrounding the rear LCD that make quick settings and navigation
> >>>> time-consuming and non-intuitive. I found the new S very difficult to
> >> come
> >>>> to terms with for this reason, and I would expect the SL to not be
> much
> >>>> different."
> >>>>
> >>>> Scott
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> 
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes.  That drove me crazy with the many, many focus points you could
> >>>> choose
> >>>>> with the Canon DSLRs.  I'm hoping Leica has solved that.  I would
> >> settle
> >>>>> for a "focus on the center and recompose" solution.  You could do
> that
> >>>> with
> >>>>> the Canon but it wasn't intuitive or easy!  Too many buttons and
> wheels
> >>>> and
> >>>>> choices.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tina
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Robert Baron <
> robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> ===On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at 
> >>>>>> gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Autofocus.  My eyes are getting older by the minute.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Tina
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman <
> >> photo at frozenlight.eu>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> But why?don?t you already have the M240, the Monochrom etc.?so
> what
> >> is
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> point of this one?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>>>> Nathan
> >>>>>> I have the same problem, Tina, but in my experience I have a tough
> >> time
> >>>>>> convincing autofocus to focus on what I want it to focus on.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --Bob
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Tina Manley
> >>>>> www.tinamanley.com
> >>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
> >>>>>
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> >>>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > www.tinamanley.com
> > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> >
> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
> >
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-- 
Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
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