PeterA
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The SL is the sexiest camera Leica have ever made.
- Thread starter PeterA
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I see an SL Edition Hermes in your future
Here you go:If a red dot can turn me into a better photographer, even if it's because it gives me the "confidence" to be bolder, put me down for three please!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1x-Leica...hash=item3a67d64876:m:mDh6-AVRyXep9g7yzzLH69w
DucatiTerminator
New member
Perfect! My pics suck, will they make me a better photographer?
This thread is totally out of hand.
Some folks like red wine, some white. I like all wine as long as it is not that bad.
If we cannot have a discussion that is civil without name calling we will not have a discussion.
This thread will be closed if the venom continues to drip.
-bob
Some folks like red wine, some white. I like all wine as long as it is not that bad.
If we cannot have a discussion that is civil without name calling we will not have a discussion.
This thread will be closed if the venom continues to drip.
-bob
Peter,
GETDPI is but a shadow of its previous self ... so many new new folks who
do not have sense of what made this the best site on the web for gentile,
collegial discussion and dissension.
And they reflect what seems to be a general coarsening of discourse in society
across the board...easier to do when one is in front of a monitor rather than in
one's home or on one's porch.
Me....give me a Sinar M, Alpa TC, Linhoff 617s II, or a Mamiya 6 or 7 ... simple lenses
minimal fluff....
But I get it and it will be a great addition to your S camera.
Doubt that anyone gave Vivian Maier a second glance ... and then her negatives
tell a different reality.
Any camera that is loved understood and wielded with great skill is an objet de desire.
And I know that you will find its right place or will supplant it with something yet more
desirable.
Look forward to seeing this play out .... not the discussion ... the pictures forthcoming.
Regards,
Bob
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Besides great optical qualities, Leica has always made cameras that are simplistic in their design and functionality. Some people, myself included, find that a very attractive feature. Sexy? Yes, why not?
However, since taste vary, simplification snobs like myself will often be seen upon with suspicion by those who have a different view or taste. I have taken it a bit further: I don't even need to own a Leica, and never have, to enjoy the genius of the design and functionality of the cameras. For me, it's the unobtainable dream, and maybe it's best that way. Encountering the divine in real life doesn't always live up to ones imagination.
So I stay with my ugly Nikons, and the images I make with those are probably just as good or bad as those that I would have taken with the übercamera.
However, since taste vary, simplification snobs like myself will often be seen upon with suspicion by those who have a different view or taste. I have taken it a bit further: I don't even need to own a Leica, and never have, to enjoy the genius of the design and functionality of the cameras. For me, it's the unobtainable dream, and maybe it's best that way. Encountering the divine in real life doesn't always live up to ones imagination.
So I stay with my ugly Nikons, and the images I make with those are probably just as good or bad as those that I would have taken with the übercamera.
Not to be sexist or anything but doesn't "SL" stand for " Sexy Lady"?
To be fair though I believe a companion camera will be released next year designated "SM"!. Of course it will be the lesser of the two cameras with only 16MP. At least thats what all the woman photographers I know told me....LOL.
I always felt the R8/R9 was aesthetically a form follow function body and its lines were extremely attractive. The S body is somewhat similar. I don't though find thr same pleasing lines in the SL. Different yes, but not what I would say unusually attractive.
As they say beauty is in the eye of thr beholder.
Dave (D&A)
To be fair though I believe a companion camera will be released next year designated "SM"!
. Of course it will be the lesser of the two cameras with only 16MP. At least thats what all the woman photographers I know told me....LOL.I always felt the R8/R9 was aesthetically a form follow function body and its lines were extremely attractive. The S body is somewhat similar. I don't though find thr same pleasing lines in the SL. Different yes, but not what I would say unusually attractive.
As they say beauty is in the eye of thr beholder.
Dave (D&A)
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Godfrey
Well-known member
Aw, come'on Jorgen. My F is sniffling now. ]'-)
G
"No matter where you go, there you are."
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Ah... but there are some pretty Nikons around too, Godfrey; The F6, the F3 and earlier, the F6, the D2X... did I mention the F6?
Bob, in all seriousness you are so right. Beauty is skin deep and the cameras throughout the years that made the most indelible mark on my enjoyment and creativity, were those that I made a connection with. In film bodies it was generally the way they handled and sort of disappeared in use. With digital it was that and more amd the look of the resulting files plays an equally important role.
So many variables and like a fine wine or ones partner in life, we all look and view things differently.
Dave (D&A)
So many variables and like a fine wine or ones partner in life, we all look and view things differently.
Dave (D&A)
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Lars
Active member
F5 and F6 are my Nikon favorites from a design perspective, Pininfarina did a great job there. Nowadays they are... less pretty.
DucatiTerminator
New member
F2AS (Black) was my favorite. I later "settled" for the F3HP (after saving for 4 years, lol) because I couldn't afford the F2 as a 12-year old.
Godfrey
Well-known member
Yes, you did mention the F6 ... But I have to make the F feel better and do a beauty shot or two of it tomorrow.
G
Godfrey
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The F4 and F5 didn't appeal to me so much from a design perspective, but the F6 is simply outstanding in every particular. It is only in the context of how nice the F6 is that the D750 seems a little disappointing, despite how good a camera it is by itself.
The R8/R9, on the other hand, are so near to perfect when it comes to ergonomics and viewfinder quality that they are at the top of my film SLR list. And to think that I was able to get a nearly unused R8 body for less than $200 last year—it was almost theft.
G
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Giugiaro... it's Giorgetto Giugiaro and his team at Italdesign who design the Nikon SLR cameras, or at least the top models, since the F3.
Here's a more recent Nikon camera from Italdesign:
http://www.italdesign.it/en/projects/nikon-d4-eng/
... and some of his other work:
http://www.italdesign.it/en/projects/
Lars
Active member
Right... a bit of a brain salad there. Thanks for correcting me.
scott kirkpatrick
Well-known member
Looking at the pictures of the voluptuous, overdesigned F4, F5 and F6 makes me long for my old F (but not the FTN), loaned long ago and now lost.
scott
P.S> C'mon Godfrey, do it right and post a picture of a well-loved Nikon F.
scott
P.S> C'mon Godfrey, do it right and post a picture of a well-loved Nikon F.
fotoism
Member
...and their little brother (or sister, if you prefer) Nikkormat, simple lines and solid built.