Brian Mosley
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I've heard the Sony described as a toy
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The SL is the sexiest camera Leica have ever made.
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Jorgen Udvang
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Oh, come one... the Sony is black tooI've heard the Sony described as a toy
Guy Mancuso
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You all need to go to the beach on a hot summer day. Than if you say this is still sexy I'm sending a white padded truck for ya. Lol
You all lost it. ROTFLMAO
You all lost it. ROTFLMAO
DucatiTerminator
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I live 30 minutes from the beaches here in SoCal and it's been 80-90+˚ for the past few weeks. This thread is a nice variation :thumbup:
Brian Mosley
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Do they do a bright purple one too? :bugeyes:Oh, come one... the Sony is black too
Wait long enough and anything is possible like perhaps a Lenny Kravitz SL. I wonder if they saw off the EVF for that model so it looks more like a Leica instead of a Sony?
jonoslack
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Sounds to me like Simon Garfield had written his story before he tried out the camera
Godfrey
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Not young, not sexy, but soulful and still making photos after 55 years...
I promised it a beauty shoot ...
all: Olympus E-M1 + Macro-Elmarit-DG 45mm f/2.8 ASPH OIS
Love the old beast. The selenium cell has finally died, it's time to send it off to Los Angeles to be overhauled.
enjoy, G
I promised it a beauty shoot ...
all: Olympus E-M1 + Macro-Elmarit-DG 45mm f/2.8 ASPH OIS
Love the old beast. The selenium cell has finally died, it's time to send it off to Los Angeles to be overhauled.
enjoy, G
jonoslack
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I expect that Peter has a different definition of "sexy" for machinery (a subsidiary and very inferior version in my case) . . . . Still, the Boxster and a Leica R8 certainly qualify - the jury is out on the SL as far as I'm concerned . . . . Beach sexy is quite a different species Now by the term "Boxster" do you refer to the SL? Just kidding.:ROTFL:
Frankly, it's the images a camera can produce that makes a camera sexy to me.
bensonga
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Rather than "sexy", "beautiful" is the word I would use, but I think we all know what Peter was getting at. Some cameras just look so good, it's hard not to stare, fondle them and dare I say it...drool over them. When they feel as good and natural in your hands as they look, when the camera works to near perfection, it's even better.
Beauty is to some great measure in the eye of the beholder. While I like the look and concept of the new SL, I'm not sure if it falls into that category of beautiful cameras for me just yet. I love the Nikon F2, Leica R8/R9, Leica S and too many others to name here. I'll just add a photo of a few of my personal favorites, a trio of Swedish beauties...I'll be darned if they aren't almost "sexy".
And since this is a Leica thread.....one of my favorites, the R8 with motordrive.
Gary
Beauty is to some great measure in the eye of the beholder. While I like the look and concept of the new SL, I'm not sure if it falls into that category of beautiful cameras for me just yet. I love the Nikon F2, Leica R8/R9, Leica S and too many others to name here. I'll just add a photo of a few of my personal favorites, a trio of Swedish beauties...I'll be darned if they aren't almost "sexy".
And since this is a Leica thread.....one of my favorites, the R8 with motordrive.
Gary
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"Almost Sexy"? Seriously?? Gary when is a trio of Swedish beauties not simply outright Sexy?Rather than "sexy", "beautiful" is the word I would use, but I think we all know what Peter was getting at. Some cameras just look so good, it's hard not to stare, fondle them and dare I say it...drool over them. When they feel as good and natural in your hands as they look, when the camera works to near perfection, it's even better.
Beauty is to some great measure in the eye of the beholder. While I like the look and concept of the new SL, I'm not sure if it falls into that category of beautiful cameras for me just yet. I love the Nikon F2, Leica R8/R9, Leica S and too many others to name here. I'll just add a photo of a few of my personal favorites, a trio of Swedish beauties...I'll be darned if they aren't almost "sexy".
Gary
(OK maybe if you are refering to a trio of Swedish meatballs...LOL)Dave (D&A)
Machinery sexy rather than beach sexy...here's my take. It can't be machinery sexy unless it's got tactile appeal. I've just had a fondle and it's seriously sexy. It feels absolutely right. I've got big hands and it feels very similar to my Alpa STC with a handgrip on it. It's also a complete weapon, you know that a single tap with the SL will see off any assailant. It is nothing like the Sony which feels cheap, too small and too flimsy by comparison. With the zoom lens it's remarkably well balanced but so heavy. I like it...a lot, in the same way as I like film Ms a lot. Pity about the AUD$11K price tag.
DucatiTerminator
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Try riding a Ducati
LocalHero1953
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I don't fondle anything that can't fondle me back. And I don't get romantically entangled with my cameras.
Just in case, and for the avoidance of doubt, I don't fondle my Leica.
Just in case, and for the avoidance of doubt, I don't fondle my Leica.
Steve Huff is in Love, and he gives you a vey good look at it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qtcO2wnM0I
I also agree with the OP
The Sony A7 was widely trashed on it's announcement by those invested elsewhere.