Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, Gerry! I'm hoping the high price indicates Leica quality and not just Leica economics! I'm still considering it. Tina On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > Tina > > I have not held this camera, but to me it seems as if Leica are trying to > catch up with Fujifilm. The Q is their answer to the X100, and now the SL > is the X-T. the Leica is no doubt an awful lot better, but they are very > late in the catch-up game. > > Gerry > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 03:31 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > I want something that feels like a Leica, not a Sony or a Fuji or a Canon > or a Nikon. I don't want video or EVF or lots of buttons and wheels. I > want an M rangefinder - but with autofocus. I guess it might not be > possible. > > Tina > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:27 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I tried a Q at Leica in New York and the minute I picked it up, I hated >> it. I cannot hold a camera out and take a photo and looking through the >> viewfinder made me sick to my stomach. It's also too light and plasticky >> feeling for me. >> > > > I really can?t agree with this Tina. I do not understand what you are > after. While it feels fine to me, it does not feel like a brick, it?s > simply not a brick. > > > steve > > > > > > > > >> Tina >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at >> gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> The Q is great, why not a Q with interchangeable lenses, still a lot >>> better than a rangefinder. Nikon and Canon are trying to come down in >>> size, so why just now is Leica wanting to go bigger? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've told my Leica guy that I'm having second thoughts after reading >>>> >>> this > >> review: >>>> >>>> >>> > http://leicarumors.com/2015/10/20/the-leica-sl-typ-601-camera-review-leica-gambles-big.aspx/ > >> >>>> If I bought an SL and then Leica came out with an actual M with >>>> >>> autofocus, >>> >>>> I would be very, very upset. A new M is rumored. I'm going to Iran in >>>> April and was hoping for an autofocus camera before then. Chances are >>>> >>> slim >>> >>>> and none, I guess. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> Thoughts from Luminous Landscape today on SL >>>>> >>>>> "The other main concern which I have is the user interface. The SL is >>>>> >>>> very >>> >>>> similar to the S in this regard, which means that there are unlabeled >>>>> >>>> soft >>> >>>> keys surrounding the rear LCD that make quick settings and navigation >>>>> time-consuming and non-intuitive. I found the new S very difficult to >>>>> >>>> come >>> >>>> to terms with for this reason, and I would expect the SL to not be >>>>> >>>> much > >> different." >>>>> >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. That drove me crazy with the many, many focus points you could >>>>>> >>>>> choose >>>>> >>>>>> with the Canon DSLRs. I'm hoping Leica has solved that. I would >>>>>> >>>>> settle >>> >>>> for a "focus on the center and recompose" solution. You could do >>>>>> >>>>> that > >> with >>>>> >>>>>> the Canon but it wasn't intuitive or easy! Too many buttons and >>>>>> >>>>> wheels > >> and >>>>> >>>>>> choices. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tina >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Robert Baron < >>>>>> >>>>> robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > >> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> ===On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Autofocus. My eyes are getting older by the minute. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tina >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman < >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But why?don?t you already have the M240, the Monochrom etc.?so >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> what > >> is >>> >>>> the >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> point of this one? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>> Nathan >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have the same problem, Tina, but in my experience I have a tough >>>>>>> >>>>>> time >>> >>>> convincing autofocus to focus on what I want it to focus on. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --Bob >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> >>>>>> information > >> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Tina Manley >>>>>> http://www.tinamanley.com >>>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley >>>> http://www.tinamanley.com >>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>>> >>>> >>> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> http://www.tinamanley.com >> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >> >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http://www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html