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Hi all, I wear glasses and have been challenged for the past year with seeing the full rangefinder view especially with wider lenses like the 35mm f1.4 Summilux M and of course the 28 Summicron M. Because I can't often see the frame lines unless I'm shooting in 50 or longer, My only other option is to shoot with the Visoflex, but I don't like how it impacts the nimble compact ergonomics of the M11-P I currently own. I'm starting to think that the M11-P is no longer a camera that fits my needs, but I still want to use the beautiful M glass I own, so I've been considering moving my M lenses over to an SL system, which I understand is the next best thing. So I'm trying to decide which camera to choose. I mainly shoot street, documentary and portrait photography. The SL2-S and SL3-S appeal to me mostly on price and low light performance. The SL3-S sounds great as it seems to have solved some issues with better AF, although I will mainly be shooting on M lenses. I also hear from a lot of people that the SL2 is an amazing camera especially when shooting with M glass, but I also hear that it's not great in low light. Which I think is important to me. I used to own the SL3, but I didn't like it for a number of reasons, which I won't get into in this post. So here are my options: 1. SL3-S: Since it's new it has all the latest and greatest, so I may down the line use the AF with AF lenses, but for now this purchase is mainly for M glass, so maybe it's not necessary to spend that kind of money especially if I'm going to just use it for M glass? 2. SL2-S: This seems like the best value option. I can get a new in the box SL2-S for around $2600 right now, and it has great low light and if I'm using it just with M glass for now, it seems like a good option 3. SL2: I keep hearing how magical this sensor is. And it's currently around $3300 or less used. My only concern with this is that I hear it's not great with low light and I seem to always find myself in low light situations. I'm leaving the SL3 out because I used to own it and it's also the most expensive so I don't see a use case where this makes sense. But of course if you feel I'm overlooking something please convince me! Which one would you pick if your primary use case is to migrate the use of M glass from an M11 to an SL body, and you shoot documentary, street, Family and Portrait works? Thanks!!

...es gibt eine neue Firmware 2.1.1, die ein Problem mit CAI Certifikaten behebt (damit kam es zu "unrecognized" Anzeigen anstelle von "Leica Camera AG") https://leica-camera.com/de-DE/fotografie/kameras/sl/sl3-s-schwarz/downloads "Probleme bei der Überprüfung signierter Bilder mit dem Tool https://contentcredentials.org/verify wurden behoben"

Hier ein paar sehenswerte Beispiele von Oliver Vogler zum Einsatz der SL3-S bei der Fußball-Bundesliga https://www.instagram.com/olivervoglerphotography/p/DE9v63ZNvp0?img_index=1 Sein Fazit: "The fastest Leica ever... soll nochmal einer sagen mit einer Leica kann man kein Sport fotografieren! Nehmt alle mal die SL3-S dazu, die in dieser Woche auf den Markt gekommen ist, ihr werdet Augen machen!" Ich war ja sehr gespannt, wie die Leica Camera AG die SL3-S bewerben wird; die Webseite ist sicherlich nett, aber die Beispiele von Gajan Balan zeigen doch die Besonderheiten der Kamera nicht wirklich; da sind Beispiele wie die von Oliver Vogler eindrucksvoller.

Hey, one thing struck me when I had the SL3 and the SL3-s in hand. Why would you put the Pc sync on the left side of the pentaprism? there is enough space down where the HDMi , USBC , Audio in and out ports are. If I recall it this was also the position on my Canon EOS 5Ds xxx. Everything would be sealed under the rubber and not another position to care about. This is the one design choice that I don't understand. The other thing is: why could this not be solved with USBC? Why the timecode needed a pc sync? This is one of the things I don't get. Main issue was the timecode > I see that many companies (tentacles) are able to do this with USBC. And even more they can sync many devices over their app? The iPhone has a Usbc port and is connected to the camera via the app. It could have been solved easily via app and then sync up to 10 Leica's . And if you need other cameras with the timecode > Tc out with a USB-C cable to BNC > then you can reach any camera , Arri , Red, Sony etc. Why would you put an PC Socket on a camera in 2023-2024 if the camera has a perfect connection to an app? THe only thing the camera needs is a tc generator and reader if another camera is the master. Any idea? I don't mind the function, but it surprises me how it's implemented. cheers Peter Here is a German company that makes devices that sync cameras : https://tentaclesync.com We use these tentacles to sync audio and video on production. there a many more devices this is only an example.