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Erik Lund

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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #90 on: November 19, 2015, 21:30:20 »
Thanks for your additional impressions Sten!

Indeed it's a good analogy the Mercedes SL  ;D

Please feel free to join a nerdy workshop!
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #91 on: November 19, 2015, 21:55:19 »
what? butterfly opening battery door? :P
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #92 on: November 20, 2015, 03:16:11 »
Well Erik, the no frills M typ 262 for $5K +  :( .  I could certainly live without vids and even live view but  I just don't think I could live with the "smaller" Red Dot  ;D

What if no body noticed... lol... just funning you :) .  I am looking at some older Leica lenses for the Sony so expect some PMs .
Tom
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #93 on: November 20, 2015, 08:41:50 »
He he, yes it's similar to what Nikon did; they had the D4 and reused the sensor in the Df but without video... ;)
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #94 on: November 21, 2015, 14:37:54 »
Yesterday I borrowed the SL and we had time to play with it more thoroughly.

In camera lens distortion correction

Looks like there is more that meets the eye with the SL, everybody seems impressed with the high ISO performance, me not so much, seems there is easily some banding appearing just lifting the shadows in this ISO 125 shot - and then I noticed the shape of the banding in the corner and along the top edge; It's pincushion curved... this could only happen in the camera for the DNG file and in the JPG file from the camera...to correct barrel-distortion...
The new Leica Q does this as well...

Kit-Performance

It's a really nice kit, the SL and the new zoom performs really nicely together.
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #95 on: November 21, 2015, 14:42:26 »
more EU no thanks,  :)
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #96 on: November 21, 2015, 17:06:37 »
Erik, was the SL you tested a production model, or a pre-production one?
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #97 on: November 21, 2015, 18:58:58 »
It's a production unit, for sale ;)
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #98 on: November 21, 2015, 22:41:45 »
How much did you lift the shadows?
Any exposure compensation in post on top of that?
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #99 on: November 21, 2015, 22:57:36 »
He first shot is of course lifted a lot to show what Im talking about so not relevant as souch...

Banding shows quickly about two stops even for ISO 125... maybe some changes in firmware are needed...
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #100 on: November 22, 2015, 00:12:42 »
Quote from: Erik Lund on November 21, 2015, 18:58:58
It's a production unit, for sale ;)

Okay, it should be fixed by the firmware update, then...
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #101 on: November 22, 2015, 17:06:08 »
To be honest I'm very disappointed that there is so much correction in the firmware for the lens, I didn't see that one coming!

ISO is ok as long as you don't try to push the files too much... but also some what disappointing.
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #102 on: November 22, 2015, 17:10:42 »
Here the Copenhagen eye as the shot was intended  ;) so no lifting of the shadows and B&W, I like it  ::)
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #103 on: November 24, 2015, 12:00:06 »
Usability

Performance of the SL with focal length about 24mm and up is unquestionable fantastic -  the usability is les so IMHO.

The view finder is fantastic sure but it is not easy to MF using focus peaking for longer  lenses; Contrast focus, stopping lenses up and down to compensate, compose and find exact depth of focus while fiddling with buttons on the camera.

Not for action shooting but for tripod static shooting they will sing.
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Re: New Leica SL
« Reply #104 on: November 24, 2015, 19:59:30 »
Thanks for the report and test, Erik
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