Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Leica SL with a small lens on it would be near pocketable (jacket exterior pocket) unlike the Nikon. But like the M I think we need to not define a camera body by the stupidly huge lens someone puts on it. Any camera body can have a modest to compact optic on front of it instead of a metal munching fast zoom or a zoom with an overly wide range... And VR makes a lens way heavier and I think bulkier. I'm saying put more Leicalike glass in front of these bodies and we can see how they compare with an M with a typical M optic on it. On 10/22/15 3:50 PM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > Interesting. He also seems to state it has better image quality than the > M. > Here is a quote: > > "The SL is not a cheap camera ? EUR6,000+ for the body and a further > EUR4,000+ for each lens makes this the preserve of the very wealthy, though > in reality I suspect most of Leica?s existing audience will see this one as > a no-brainer. M lenses are now virtually native, as are R lenses; they?re > easy to focus and image quality is better than from the M cameras. It would > have been nice to see more resolution, but I suspect this might have eaten > uncomfortably into S system sales. I actually suspect this camera is the > beginning of the end of the M resurgence ? a typical complaint from M users > I know is one of deteriorating eyesight and difficulty in achieving focus. > We no longer have that problem. And for those used to paying $7,000+ for a > body, the SL isn?t a stretch at all." > > He also goes on a bit about the size. BIG > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > ? > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.??? James D. Watson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John McMaster [mailto:john at mcmaster.fr] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:58 AM > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] BIG new Leica - TINA > > It is the lenses, almost same size and weight as S lenses! > > https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5790/21615453253_1c85b372e2_c.jpg > > SL compared to a D810 with 24-120/4 lens.... > > (from > http://blog.mingthein.com/2015/10/21/premiere-review-2015-leica-sl-601/ ) > > john > > > -----Original Message----- > > It's really not that big of a camera, but folks are hung up on this idea > that a mirrorless camera has to be a tiny little thing. > SL size compared to a digital M: > https://tinyurl.com/ppbdsr8 > > I look forward to seeing what you can do with it, Tina. > > Jay > > On 10/21/2015 3:17 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> Has anybody posted a photo of it compared to the size of the M9 or the >> M240? The Sony and Fuji mirrorless cameras are actually too small and >> too light for me. >> >> Tina > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/