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T and TL series lenses (for T, TL, TL2, and CL bodies) are pretty similar in size to modern Leica M lenses, by and large. Modern Leica M lenses are fairly bulky compared to the older models.all the L mount lenses are big, most of the m lenses are small. how cool would a modern m be? a simple camera that takes m lenses just like sony deals with manual lenses
The Leica M-D typ 262 and M10 have as modern a sensor as anyone really needs, handle very much like an M4 (particularly the M-D), and Leica lenses perform better on them than they do an any other manufacturers' body with adaptation, modified sensor or not. Been there, done that, tossed the others after comparing results.Leica needs to just get on with it. I’m sure I’m not the only one hanging onto Leica lenses and waiting for an up-to-date sensor in a body that handles like M4. ...
This is the problem that ALL LCD/EVFs have compared to the M's tunnel optical viewfinder: The illumination of the EVF is an encapsulated light source that can't compete against bright sunlight. It's there for SLR reflex finders too, but less since they are transmitting the ambient light through the camera, they keep up better than the EVF can. It's particularly bad for the EVF because the user is usually wearing eye protection at the same time (dark and/or polarized sunglasses).... Then I was outdoors on a bright sunny day with the SL and its 16-35. It was nice to have that great lens, but I found myself using my left hand to give enough shade to frame accurately through the EVF, making the whole package a bit hard to hold onto. Has anyone found a cinema eyeshade that will go on the SL for sunny days?
This debate may be slowing down the appearance of just a few more lenses that the CL could use (fast wide angles, such as a 16/1.4, and a long f/4 with an APO extender).
But the OVF is still a great advantage. I recently shot a few scenes at an event with m10 and a 24/2.8, using the OVF while focusing, and just occasionally checking with a 25mm viewfinder on top. This worked just fine. Then I was outdoors on a bright sunny day with the SL and its 16-35. It was nice to have that great lens, but I found myself using my left hand to give enough shade to frame accurately through the EVF, making the whole package a bit hard to hold onto. Has anyone found a cinema eyeshade that will go on the SL for sunny days?
I haven't seen anything announced or produced in EVF technology that surpasses what is in the Leica SL at this time. It remains the highest resolution, best performing EVF available at the present time.you are assuming and thinking about the SL evf, which is very old now. imagine the leap Leica made with the SL back then and the new technology avilaible now. Wow what an EVF it could be!
Btw, since we're discussing the M, then it is probably is worth revisiting what the M in Leica M actually means: Meßsucher, which in this context translates to "rangefinder".
Sure: Difficult to see in bright light ...now imagine an electronic range finder