Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can use all of the Leica M and R lenses on it with adapters but they won't be autofocus. Supposedly the very large, bright viewfinder makes it easier to manually focus them. Tina On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The Leica SL with a small lens on it would be near pocketable (jacket > exterior pocket) unlike the Nikon. But like the M > > I think we need to not define a camera body by the stupidly huge lens > someone puts on it. Any camera body can have a modest to compact optic on > front of it instead of a metal munching fast zoom or a zoom with an overly > wide range... And VR makes a lens way heavier and I think bulkier. > > I'm saying put more Leicalike glass in front of these bodies and we can see > how they compare with an M with a typical M optic on it. > > > > > > On 10/22/15 3:50 PM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Interesting. He also seems to state it has better image quality than > the M. > > Here is a quote: > > > > "The SL is not a cheap camera ? EUR6,000+ for the body and a further > > EUR4,000+ for each lens makes this the preserve of the very wealthy, > though > > in reality I suspect most of Leica?s existing audience will see this one > as > > a no-brainer. M lenses are now virtually native, as are R lenses; they?re > > easy to focus and image quality is better than from the M cameras. It > would > > have been nice to see more resolution, but I suspect this might have > eaten > > uncomfortably into S system sales. I actually suspect this camera is the > > beginning of the end of the M resurgence ? a typical complaint from M > users > > I know is one of deteriorating eyesight and difficulty in achieving > focus. > > We no longer have that problem. And for those used to paying $7,000+ for > a > > body, the SL isn?t a stretch at all." > > > > He also goes on a bit about the size. BIG > > > > Aram Langhans > > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > > & Unemployed photographer > > > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin > himself > > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John McMaster [mailto:john at mcmaster.fr] > > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:58 AM > > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] BIG new Leica - TINA > > > > It is the lenses, almost same size and weight as S lenses! > > > > https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5790/21615453253_1c85b372e2_c.jpg > > > > SL compared to a D810 with 24-120/4 lens.... > > > > (from > > http://blog.mingthein.com/2015/10/21/premiere-review-2015-leica-sl-601/ > ) > > > > john > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > It's really not that big of a camera, but folks are hung up on this idea > > that a mirrorless camera has to be a tiny little thing. > > SL size compared to a digital M: > > https://tinyurl.com/ppbdsr8 > > > > I look forward to seeing what you can do with it, Tina. > > > > Jay > > > > On 10/21/2015 3:17 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> Has anybody posted a photo of it compared to the size of the M9 or the > >> M240? The Sony and Fuji mirrorless cameras are actually too small and > >> too light for me. > >> > >> Tina > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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