Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Oct 22, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Ah ha. I don't think you ever expounded about why the EVF on the Q was > not to your liking. I remember when I was playing around with one in > Frisco, I complained about the lag, and the salesperson took the camera, > poked around in the menu a bit and gave it back to me and it was like > instantaneous. I am not sure what mode it was in, maybe a video mode or > something, but when he revised the setting, the viewfinder was the most > responsive EVF I have ever played with. And I have been an EVF hater > since the Nikon1 when I first considered a small walkaround camera. > > So, maybe that is what was wrong with the one you were playing around > with. It certainly made me dizzy until he fixed it. > > Can't do anything about what you think of as plastic feeling, but the > viewfinder is certainly one of the real strong points of the Q, and > probably even more so with the SL. dense and heavy son of a gun with a terrific EVF is my impression, most important is great images with fast, dependable auto, steve > > Aram > > 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: Tina Manley [mailto:tmanley at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:44 PM > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] BIG new Leica - TINA > > The Q is very light and plastic feeling. The SL is heavy and brick-like. > More like an M. I will just have to learn to work with the EVF which > others seem to love. The reviews say it is much faster with less lag than > the Q which is what made me dizzy. I don't use the EVF on the M240 much. > Only when I have the R lenses on it. > > Tina > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:39 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > >> Will it be much different from the Q viewfinder that you seemed to hate? >> Or to an M(240) with (lower resolution) EVF? >> >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> You can use all of the Leica M and R lenses on it with adapters but >> they won't be autofocus. Supposedly the very large, bright viewfinder >> makes it easier to manually focus them. >> >> Tina >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> -6 >>>> 01/ >>> ) >>>> >>>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > 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