Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi David, I'd like to add a few thoughts to this general topic. Perhaps some people are looking at the SL from an M system background. I I don't think that where Leica Camera is aiming it. Compared to the high end Canon and Nikon bodies and 24-70 the numbers stack up differently. Certainly that first lens is large and heavy but then it's AF and image stabilised. The first fast prime for the SL though really seems may be more akin to the OTUS design for example. I guess I'm looking from a less common viewpoint in that after 8 years or so with the film and then digital M gear I'm now using the S system almost entirely. So when I handled the SL I immediately thought that it felt more compact and actually balanced well in my hands with the 24-90. Maybe D4 users, for example might have that different perspective too? Controls and menu wise, again it is really S through and through.Those are good things. I can see the benefits that the EVF brings. I think it will take some adjusting to get used to, but it seems likely that this is the future, including for the next generation of S bodies too. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Lykes Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com> > To: LUGers <lug at leica-users.org> > Cc: > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:47:26 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Experimental Photos with Leica SL (to Tina) > >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 -- > > My opinion of the camera may become different once prime lenses become > available. I was really put off by the size and weight of the first zoom. > As much as I appreciate my a7s, it does feel a bit small in my hand > sometimes. The SL with a prime might hit a sweet spot if I choose to > justify the price (as I did when buying a Monochrom). > > I do like Leica's simplification approach to digital photography. I agree > with you about the intensity of all the Japanese cameras' menus, not just > the Sony. However, I've found that once the camera is set the way I want, > it is rarely necessary to change a menu setting. But, yes, setting it up at > first can be a challenge. > > In my brief handling of the SL at PhotoPlus Expo, it definitely has the > "it" that makes it a Leica. It was interesting, though, that some of the > Leica reps (maybe down toward the M and Q cameras!) were also a bit baffled > about this camera. ;) > > . > Dave. > > -- > My photography web site <http://www.dlkphotography.com> > Like my Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/dlkphotog> > My FAIR WITNESS book <http://www.fair-witness.com> released March 2015 > > > >