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Subject: [Leica] Leica SL weight comparison.....
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:30:03 -0700
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awesome, thanks Frank,  I hoped that someone would do this.  Steve



> On Oct 22, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Just a note...
> 
> The Leica M9 ( and presumably all the other Digi-M's) weigh 600grams.
> The Sony A7 weighs 475 grams
> The SL weighs 847grams
> 
> There are 454 grams to a pound....
> The difference in weight between the SL and the A7 is about 375 grams or 
> 13 ounces.
> Another way to look at this .... the A7 is roughly HALF the weight of the 
> SL....
> 
> The 24-90 lens weighs in at 1.14 KG ( there is a typo in the download 
> datasheet, it actually says 1.140grams.  Highly unlikely!)
> The weight of the 50 Lux is not stated.
> 
> Most Leica M lenses are each around 300 grams.  So the zoom lens is about 
> the same weight as 3-4 M lenses.  ( 24,28,35,and 90 together would weigh 
> about the same...)
> 
> Bulk wise, the SL is surely requires a bigger camera bag solution....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 
> 
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