Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Tina Manley > >>>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tina Manley > >>> www.tinamanley.com > >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>> > >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html