Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear SL luggers :) i have a question to ask here (and its genuine). Not being familiar with Leica's SLRs, pray educate a 28 yr old of the decadent internet / video games / digital everything generation on the advantages of this early Leica SLR as compared to say.....a Nikon Fm2 / FM3a, which looks every bit as robust to me as manual cameras go, with added capabilities, other than the fact the SL comes from a particular German camera company and has a longer legacy? :) Or, wat can the SL do that my whiz-bang all-everything-if-u-want-it-to Canon EOS 1v film SLR cannot? Don't get me wrong. All my personal photo projects and photography work are done with a Leica M6 and a M3, and i certainly appreciate the value of a well crafted all mechanical precision tool. But in the case of the Leica Ms, they buy me advantages that my SLRs, film or digital, don't have - the whisper quiet shutter, small discreet unobstrusive size, excellent M glass even when wide open with a unique signature that i prefer over my Japanese lenses, the simple and elegant use and feel of an accurate rangefinder and well made robust body. Where is the magic of the SL compared to say, the 1v, which itself is fully weather sealed against the elements and robust with a all metal casing, 100% bright viewfinder? You can switch the 1v to manual mode, and thereafter manually set ISO, aperture and shutter speeds manually, so the electronics definitely don't get in the way. Or to put it another way, why not a Leica R6.2 or a Nikon Fm2 / Fm3a if i really want a fully manual SLR? btw i understand the part about wanting to use Leica lenses (in which case the choice of camera bodies is only really those from Leica..). I'm trying to see the differences in the camera body itself.......... boon hwee - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] The amazing Leicaflex SL > Yes I certainly do. The only thing that could convince me to retire the SL > is a new SL3, basically an updated SL in the spirit of the MP. Make it > compatible with R-cam and ROM lenses, give it the SL2's meter sensetivity > and hot shoe, and my credit card will be in trouble. A real MLU would be > nice too, but as long as the shutter-button-flick trick works MLU isn't > essential. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html