I feel no such conflict. I’ve had a quick look at the galleries on DPR and
they results look indifferent. Tina’s samples are of her livestock etc . . .
and are too small to make a judgement, although they look better than DPR’s
shots.
My quarrel with the designers at Leica would be aesthetic; the camera looks
rather like a Cold War relic. It’s huge and poorly balanced, visually at
least, and the cost is a joke. I’ve never fancied Leicas as I have always
thought that Ms were over-sized anyway, but the SL looks daft.
So, even if the results were magical, I couldn’t envisage liking the thing.
Chris
> On 28 Nov 15, at 20:48, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I admit I find myself somewhat conflicted with the SL: with a few firmware
> tweaks (fast exposure compensation mainly) and a chunkier handgrip, this
> camera would be pure joy to shoot. Even so, it still shows the way to the
> competition in many areas; the tricky question is one of relative value. I
> think it boils down to how much the shooting experience is worth to you, and
> whether the SL specifically works for you. Even though we had some clues as
> to what was coming, the SL takes it a step further, and feels like a next
> generation product – the Japanese brands are going to have to start playing
> catch up. After some expensive but niche (and occasionally flaky) product,
> Leica seem to have found their mojo again first with a Q, and now the SL –
> and are offering something that’s not just different, but genuinely better.
> Just like with the Q, my suspicion is they’re going to have problems making
> enough of them for the foreseeable future." Ming Thein
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