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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Experimental Photos with Leica SL (to Tina)
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:43:03 -0500
References: <CAK1iPBRgXaqc6N13weM=DM-o9g6rLGoYRWGUrZ6J4RAikxEsbw@mail.gmail.com>

Dave -

I can use my M and R lenses with this camera.  I HATE Sony's layered menu
options and buttons and wheels.  I have never regretted any Leica
purchase.  I have regretted every Fuji and Sony purchase.

I guess I'm Leica's target market.

Tina

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:39 PM, David Lykes Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tina --
>
> You asked what people think -- while this is not a comment about the
> photographs you've taken --.
>
> At the risk of being labeled a Leica basher, I just can't figure why anyone
> would want to pay the $$$ for the SL when there is the Sony a7 series out
> there for 1/2 to 1/3 the price with many more AF lenses available
> immediately, takes all the same lenses, and which are much more reasonably
> sized. As an M and a7s user, the SL and 24-70 lens is heavy and enormous.
>
> The SL and Sony really are more-or-less functionally equivalent cameras.
>
> Clearly I do not fall into Leica's target market for this camera but I
> can't help but wonder who Leica thinks does.
>
> .
> Dave.
>
> --
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