New Leica SL

[Jan Anne]

Erik, you might have mentioned this already but does the SL have an easy option to zoom into the image while focussing manually like the Sony's, one of the real benefits of an electronic viewfinder IMHO.

[Erik Lund]

Yes you can set one button for that, and then move it around as you please.

The screen is the touch type works with scaling etc.

Here some Leica M 35mm 1.4 Asph FLE images wide open.

[Erik Lund]

And here some more with the Vario Elmarit L mount Zoom all wide open

The ISO banding is apparent clearly in many of the images even without PP-ing...

[Erik Lund]

And the tiny 12mm 5.6 LTM Voigtlander

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Erik in action with the new Leica SL, a bleak day in Copenhagen. In Erik's hands even the SL seems to be of modest size

[Erik Lund]

Lensrentals has taken the Zoom apart, rapport is here:

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2016/02/a-peak-inside-the-leica-vario-elmarit-sl-24-90mm-f2-8-4-asph

Thats a lot of CRC going on in that lens,,, interesting AF step motor design

[Akira]

Interesting: Only "a single small lightweight element" moves for focusing.  The new Panasonic 100-400 zoom also focuses with only one single small lightweight element which is of an ED aspherical one.  I wonder which company came up with the design, Leica or Panasonic? 

[Almass]

Herr Doctor.

Why your Exif is showing a location map?

Is it included in the SL camera or accessory?

Location: Magstræde 12, 1204 København K, Denmark - Nov 20 2015
Location: Skoubogade 2, 1158 København K, Denmark - Nov 20 2015

......etc

Inquiring minds like to know?

[Erik Lund]

Yes the SL has a build in Very fine GPS

[Almass]

Yes the SL has a build in Very fine GPS

Vee know vere you vere last zummer

[Bjørn Rørslett]

No surprise given Erik is a citizen of Copenhagen ....

I assume the raw EXIF GPS data has been run through a geolocation routine. This tends to work pretty well in urban areas with a high population density, not so well if you are in the sticks so to speak. Google geolocation does suggest the funniest addresses sometimes and I stopped using their API.

[Erik Lund]

Here is how it works in the SL:

Another very practical feature of the Leica SL is an integrated GPS module for geotagging your
pictures. The precise shooting location is recorded in the EXIF data of the image file. The Leica SL
also gets the precise local time directly from the GPS satellite. As this avoids the need for setting
the time, it is a practical feature for frequent fliers and travelers who often move from one
time zone to another. The precise geographic location of every picture can be mapped in Adobe®
Photoshop® Lightroom® and avoids the need for elaborate documentation of locations when shooting
a reportage.

[Erik Lund]

BTW looking back at this thread and now having decided to get the Nikon D810 instead.

I can see that there is a long road ahead for Leica to catch up in general IQ, high ISO and the rally fantastic viewfinder as well as the overall responsiveness of the D810 then add the by now extremely familiar layout of buttons, functions and menus,,,

The lens is on the other hand is very comparable to the 24-70mm 2.8 AFS E VR

[dslater]

I don't mind the lenses being large and of good quality; I mind the bodies being so small that you can hardly hold the combo comfortably

Actually, at 147 × 104 × 39 mm (W × H × D) and 847g with battery, I'd hardly call the SL small.

[Eric Borgström]

In DxOMark terms the Leica SL and Nikon D5 have sensors at equal performance. Leica perhaps bettet for landscapes, Nikon bettet low light ability. For what a number is worth.


http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Nikon-D5-versus-Leica-SL--Typ-601-___1062_1058


Eric