Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks good, Ken. With all those megapixels, the crops will still be full of definition. Douglas On 10/12/2019 16:15, Ken Iisaka wrote: > Here is picture #3. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/eindzxfKQ5grpj1p8 > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 04:05, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Congrats Ken, show us a sample image! >> >> Douglas >> >> >> On 10/12/2019 00:19, Ken Iisaka wrote: >>> So, I had been on the fence about getting an SL2. I knew I didn't "need" >> 47 >>> mp. I also thought the Q2 I acquired a few months ago produced >> unbelievably >>> fantastic results when I took it on a trip to Italy a while back, too. >>> >>> Yet, I put myself on a waiting list for an SL2, thinking that it won't be >>> until some time next year until I receive it, and I thought I would have >>> some time to decide whether I really wanted it or not. >>> >>> Well, it turned out that I got an e-mail last week that I would be >>> receiving one soon. Panicked, I debated whether to cancel the order, but >>> the lapse of judgment let it slip by, and a box arrived a few days later. >>> >>> I have not shot many pictures with it yet but here are a few things: >>> >>> The image stabilization works incredibly well, with a native SL lens, as >>> well as a coded M lens. It even worked well with a non-ROM R lens, after >> I >>> set the lens spec through its touch-screen UI which is extremely >> intuitive, >>> even better than SL. This means I'll take more hand-held pictures with my >>> collection of M- and R- mount lenses. Stabilization seems to work even >>> better than the Q2. >>> >>> Mounted on a tripod, it captures far more details than I can see with my >>> very own eyes. I have recently printed a landscape taken with a Q2 to >>> 16"x24", and immediately ordered the same with 24"x36". Because the Q2 >>> picture had to be cropped a little bit from the original, I wasn't using >>> all the information that was captured. With the excellent 24-90, I can >>> really use every square millimeter of the sensor. The result is >> comparable >>> to, dare I say, 4x5. Over the weekend, I took some pictures around the >>> Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in San Mateo County at dusk, and came home with >>> stunning images, taken with 30-second exposures. >>> >>> With a compact prime lens, I can see it making the Q2 redundant, even if >> Q2 >>> is lighter than the SL2 body alone. However, the Q2 is so invisible, >> where >>> the SL/SL2 seem so imposing. I will likely keep the Q2 to take snapshots, >>> but the SL2 will probably be used more often than the SL was. >>> >>> With my previous Leica and non-Leica cameras, I was aware of their >>> limitations, be it an M3, M6, M8, or a Leicaflex SL2 or even the digital >>> SL. Now, it feels like there are no limits. >>> >>> The only other time I felt the same astonishment was when I tried a Leica >>> M3 for the first time, after years of Japanese SLRs. Or, the time I >> tried a >>> Fazioli concert grand after decades of playing Steinways. It just felt >> like >>> the universe just got bigger beyond my ken. >>> >>> Anyone wants to buy an SL, cheap? >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >