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http://dslrbuzz.com/leica-sl-typ-601-review/

 

Pros:

  • Extraordinary electronic viewfinder
  • Excellent image quality
  • Internal 4K video recording

Cons:

  • Large, heavy body
  • Unintuitive controls with poor default set-up
  • Limited native lens range

 

 

 

Biggest idiocy with this review is naming the SL as a "compact system camera" then asserting that it is not compact. That's just stupid. Never mind that the last sentence in the review is incomplete...

 

Leica has never called the SL a CSC ... 

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Leica SL for wildlife

Wildlife photography with the Leica SL:                   http://www.madeinwetzlar.com/wildlife-photography-with-the-leica-sl

Birdman of Sacramento: Leica SL vs Sony a7R II:  http://www.overgaard.dk/Leica-Camera-Typ-601-The-Birdman-of-Sacramento-Douglas-Herr-takes-on-the-Leica-SL-Review-Sony-A7II-with-Wildlife-Tele-Lenses.html

Douglas Herr, Wildlightphoto: The Leica SL:            http://www.wildlightphoto.com/SL/index.html

 

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Norbert Rosing, Leica SL System in Canada: (Simply click - ignore the warning, it works perfectly.)         

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That was not very helpful in my opinion. The opinions were very generic and not well substantiated.

 

"The tracking performance was also great..." is way off when compared to the best AF tracking available. It's certainly not great or particularly useable.

 

"...rather impressive buffer size of 33 RAW..." 33 image buffer is not impressive in actual use as the camera slows way down and there are alternatives that shoot 100s of frames (Nikon D500, D5 are examples).

 

"...the sensor in question is not a Sony-made one like most of us expected and was actually made by Leica themselves." This is obviously wrong.

 

"...Leica was always famous for trying to keep their modern cameras as retro as possible..." Obviously this ignores the X cameras, the Q, the S system.

 

"It’s still a Leica camera meaning you will get sharp and high quality images..." This is true of every brand's current generation camera with a good lens. The image quality section is very thin. Mediocre on noise, good on color and dynamic range.

 

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Hmm. Mine is about a year and a quarter in use, has made 10-12K exposures now, and still looks as if I just took it out of the box. I wonder how I'm going to get some lovely 'wear patina' onto it, frankly.

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Hmm. Mine is about a year and a quarter in use, has made 10-12K exposures now, and still looks as if I just took it out of the box. I wonder how I'm going to get some lovely 'wear patina' onto it, frankly.

 

I'm not even certain how it happened on my camera.  Rubbing against my jacket as it hangs from my side?  Maybe but doubtful..  I set it down on a concrete surface a couple of times but I didn't drag it.  Still, that seems most likely.  As long as the finish is purely cosmetic then I'm not concerned.  

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