wildlightphoto Posted November 20, 2015 Share #481 Â Posted November 20, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Personally I blame my grandchildren, who seem to have two green caterpillars crawling out their noses, Â Thanks for this, I can't un-see this now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Hi wildlightphoto, Take a look here Leica SL (Typ 601) - Mirrorless System Camera Without Compromise. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ramarren Posted November 20, 2015 Share #482  Posted November 20, 2015 Thanks for this, I can't un-see this now!  +1  I think I need to get back to thinking about the SL now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmphoto Posted November 20, 2015 Share #483 Â Posted November 20, 2015 Quite right. Although we grown ups may live thousands of miles apart, there is a groundmass of children who can transmit a cold virus from one end of the planet to the other inside 5 days. I'm just getting over mine. Yes, I'm proof. I've been battling with the same affliction over here since Monday, it's tenacious! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 20, 2015 Share #484  Posted November 20, 2015 Thank goodness for the IS. I am coughing and spluttering so much an M picture would be hopelessly blurred. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 20, 2015 Share #485  Posted November 20, 2015 Thank goodness for the IS. I am coughing and spluttering so much an M picture would be hopelessly blurred.  Time for a tripod? :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted November 20, 2015 Share #486  Posted November 20, 2015 Time for a tripod? :-)  To take pictures of grandchildren? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 20, 2015 Share #487  Posted November 20, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) To take pictures of grandchildren?  Sure. Depending on age, it often makes it easier to get them interested and in the mood for pictures... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted November 20, 2015 Share #488  Posted November 20, 2015 Sure. Depending on age, it often makes it easier to get them interested and in the mood for pictures...    Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted November 20, 2015 Share #489 Â Posted November 20, 2015 After two bouts of heavy colds/flu earlier this year and respiratory symptoms which affected me for over a month on each occasion, two weeks ago I consulted a charming lady pharmacist in Boots the Chemist who gave me a flu jab. No side effects and hopefully the three flu virus strains in the jab will provide immunity for the next 12 months. Â dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 20, 2015 Share #490  Posted November 20, 2015 Flu jab did not work for me. Next step put the grandchildren in gas masks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted November 20, 2015 Share #491 Â Posted November 20, 2015 In a Cup:- 2large spoonfuls of Honey, 3 squirts of Lemon Juice & fill the cup with Boiling Water...... Wonderful......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 20, 2015 Share #492 Â Posted November 20, 2015 In a Cup:- 2large spoonfuls of Honey, 3 squirts of Lemon Juice & fill the cup with Boiling Water...... Wonderful......... Â You forgot the "add two ounces of a stiff rum" step... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 20, 2015 Share #493  Posted November 20, 2015 My father used to give us a revolting "cold cure" drink made with blackcurrant jam, rose hip syrup, honey, hot water and whisky. It has left me with a life long loathing of blackcurrants . Then he bought a part of a company making Thomson's Iodised Cod Liver Oil Cream, so we all had to have a dessert spoonful of this indescribably loathsome stuff every morning, to prevent us getting colds. Child cruelty I would call it. We finally persuaded him to let us go back to Radio Malt, which we all liked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 24, 2015 Share #494  Posted November 24, 2015 I am not sure if this has been posted somewhere: http://kristiandowling.com/blog/2015/11/6/the-leica-sl-type-601-review-performance-part-2  This is Kristian Dowling that some have commented that he is now representing the SL for Leica.  But, I have been following Kristian for years now and he is such a fantastic photographer and this is well worth looking at... if not just for Kristian's great photography.   Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 24, 2015 Share #495  Posted November 24, 2015 I am not sure if this has been posted somewhere: http://kristiandowling.com/blog/2015/11/6/the-leica-sl-type-601-review-performance-part-2  This is Kristian Dowling that some have commented that he is now representing the SL for Leica.  But, I have been following Kristian for years now and he is such a fantastic photographer and this is well worth looking at... if not just for Kristian's great photography.   Rick  Hm. That link isn't working for me. Just gives me a blank screen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted November 24, 2015 Share #496 Â Posted November 24, 2015 The link works for me but takes some patience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 24, 2015 Share #497  Posted November 24, 2015 The link works for me but takes some patience.  It worked for me this morning if I jump to it then switch to a different browser window and wait a little over a minute. Curious behavior! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_dykstra Posted November 25, 2015 Share #498 Â Posted November 25, 2015 About the electronic/aperture connection to R lenses, I am not so optimistic, as Mr. Daniel, in his response to Andreas' question about the SL being the R solution, went something like: "Err...Ummm...in a spiritual sense maybe" or words to that effect. Â I'm wondering about the R Adapter. It might have: Â - electronic contacts, to tell the SL body what lens is attached and which profile to use - a set aperture sensor, so the electronic contacts can transmit this to the SL for exif data - an aperture actuation device that closes the aperture for the shot. Â The first two points make sense and should be easy enough to implement. But what about the third point? Given that M lenses would be used stopped down, is there any issue with using R lenses that way? It would provide a constant picture preview. It would allow for higher frames per second. Â What am I missing? Â Thanks. Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted November 25, 2015 Share #499 Â Posted November 25, 2015 Stop down focussing is less accurate and requires focus magnification with wides and standard lenses mainly. I have no experience with the SL601 though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted November 25, 2015 Share #500  Posted November 25, 2015 I'm wondering about the R Adapter. It might have:  - electronic contacts, to tell the SL body what lens is attached and which profile to use - a set aperture sensor, so the electronic contacts can transmit this to the SL for exif data - an aperture actuation device that closes the aperture for the shot.  The first two points make sense and should be easy enough to implement. But what about the third point? Given that M lenses would be used stopped down, is there any issue with using R lenses that way? It would provide a constant picture preview. It would allow for higher frames per second.  What am I missing?  Thanks.   We have to look at the T-M adapter, which exists, and the functions that the SL executes with T lenses.  The T-M adapter has electrical contacts and IR sensors so that it can transmit the M 6-bit code to identify the M lens in use.  Will it transmit the identity of a ROM-equipped R lens to the SL?  That sounds well within the range of possibilities to me.  A 3-cam lens?  Dunno.  Then, we can ask if the SL with a T lens installed stops down the lens  well before the shot, at the half-press, or ...?  That's a question that can only be answered in a Leica store, I am afraid. If the SL doesn't even have the concept of Aperture stop-down, we are out of luck, but I suspect that it does know about these things.  Finally can the camera activate some mechanical action that the adapter makes on the R lens to cause the stop-down.  I believe even ROM-equipped lenses require that this is done mechanically.  That slows things down, and the SL may be reluctant to accept the requirement.  scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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