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Subject: [Leica] Leica Sl2 announced
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 21:20:05 -0800
References: <5E02799E-6532-4B48-8357-124B3C59CF72@bex.net>

R6 and be there

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 6, 2019, at 9:14 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> ?The Leica web page on the SL prime lenses describes them as ?compact?. 
> The 50/2 and 35/2 are enormous! They're twice the length and  four times 
> the weight of the autofocus lenses on my old Nikon and my Sony RX1 (and 
> substantially bigger than the Q?s lens) ? and the stabilization is in the 
> body.
> 
> How much aberration is being corrected by such extreme measures as 12 or 
> 13 elements and the associated weight and length?
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
>> On Nov 6, 2019, at 7:27 PM, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> It looks very nice.  Of course for my use some critical lenses are 
>> missing, and I have a couple of performance concerns that were present on 
>> the SL with the firmware I used that would have to have been fixed before 
>> I considered this camera.  There's also the foul taste in my mouth re: 
>> Leica service, and I'm also heavily invested in another system.
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Nov 6, 2019 7:28 AM
>>> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Cc: Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
>>> Subject: [Leica] Leica Sl2 announced
>>> 
>>> Amazingly, same price as SL: $5995 but has a 47MP sensor with IBIS.
>>> 
>>> https://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-SL/Leica-SL2
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Frank Filippone
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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