Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This just in from Photoplus from a photography friend - The SL is so sexy. Feels solid. Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.net 504-231-6261 > On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree, Gerry! I'm hoping the high price indicates Leica quality and not > just Leica economics! I'm still considering it. > > Tina > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> Tina >> >> I have not held this camera, but to me it seems as if Leica are trying to >> catch up with Fujifilm. The Q is their answer to the X100, and now the SL >> is the X-T. the Leica is no doubt an awful lot better, but they are very >> late in the catch-up game. >> >> Gerry >> >> On Oct 22, 2015, at 03:31 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >>>>>>> http://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 >>>>> http://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 >>> http://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 >> http://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