Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hate tripods. I did put the camera on the rail of the porch. I'd be glad to send anybody a full DNG or blow up any section to 100% and post it. You are probably right about the lens weight; however, I did carry around a Canon 1DMII with an 85/1.2 lens for over a year before Leica finally came out with a digital camera. That combination weighs 2623 grams and is not nearly as easy to handle as the SL and 24-90 at 2095 grams. Tina On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:24 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > That you could/should have used a tripod to get similar framing ;-) You, > looking at the DNGs, are the only one who is likely to see a real > difference..... There will be no native SL lens weighing less than twice > (more likely 3x) the weight of a 35/2.0.... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > I took some photos in the rain to compare the SL with the R19/2.8, the SL > with the 35/2.0 Summicron and the M240 with the Summicron. As I was > carrying the cameras out to the deck, I passed the kitchen scale so I > weighed them. The SL with no lens weighed 966 grams. The M240 with the > 35/2.0 attached weighed 961 grams, so not a huge difference. > > When I attach the M lenses, the SL automatically recognized the coded > lenses > with no further attention from me. When I attach the R lenses, I go to the > menu and tell it which R lens is attached. It recognizes the lens but does > not record the correct aperture. I know I took several at F/8 and used > hyperfocal focusing, but none of them came up as having f/8 for the > aperture. > > The SL is much easier to focus. I tried out both the magnifying in the EVF > and the focus peaking. Both work fine but the magnified EVF is much easier > to see. You press the bottom right button once and it zooms to 100% in the > EVF, press it twice and it zooms to 200%. Focus and touch the shutter > button and it zooms back out and takes the photo. > > With the auto-focus SL lens, there are several focusing formats to choose > from in the SL and you can also touch the screen and have it focus there > or > move the toggle switch (they call it the joystick) next to the EFG to > choose > a focus spot. I find the screen and the toggle switch to be easiest and > fastest. But these are all manually focused with M and R lenses. > > The first one is an experiment with the Noctilux last night using the > magnified EVF to focus on Tom's eyelashes instead of the glasses frame. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/161961923 > > The next three are straight from the camera as DNGs, converted to jpegs as > they are exported with no other adjustments. > > Leica SL with 19/2.8 Elmarit R: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961755 > > Leica SL with 35/2.0 Summicron M: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961757 > > Leica M240 with 35/2.0 Summicron M: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961758 > > I did some bracketed exposures and merged the photos for HDR with each > camera and each lens. These are adjusted for color and exposure: > > *http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/leica_sl&page=7 > <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/leica_sl&page=7>* > > The SL will also bracket the 3 exposures as DNGs and make a merged jpeg > from > them automatically. I found those needed more adjusting than making them > myself. > > What do you think? > > Tina > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=3eb91f9d-870f-4d32-af49-b0d931df0bee> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/