Making the shift to Leica - painful?

[Herr Barnack]

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New to forum so not sure if this is the correct area?

 

 

I have been a photographer for over 25 years and mainly grown up with digital but used film for a few years and have owned many digital cameras.

 

I mainly shoot Landscapes, although for the past 2 years I have added some fun by dipping my toe into wildlife.

 

However my main focus now is to do Landscapes and street/city photography.

 

I have owned DSLR's like Nikon D810 and also some mirrorless like the Sony A7r MKII.

 

After many weeks of deliberation I ordered the SL and it arrived yesterday, however I am on a limited budget and therefore have limitations on my lens options. So I ordered the Novoflex adaptor and a Sigma 24mm f1.4 lens just to start. Needless to say it doesn't work very intermittently in terms of AF.

 

So my dilemma is:

 

OPTION 1      I buy manual focus lenses, but I am very used to fast focus, image stabilisation and zooms (is this a BIG change I can deal with)?

 

OPTION 2      I buy a second hand 24-90, seems like an obvious solution but boy thats one hunk of a lens at almost 1200g and I guess defeats the purpose of buying a mirrorless body.

 

Thing isi the SL is a gorgeous camera and I dont want to return it!

 

Any advise appreciated.

 

Flyer

 

@Flyer,

The SL will do agreat job for landscape, street and city photography regardless of whether your lenses are AF or MF. 

 

I would pass on the large & heavy 24-90 zoom lens and get a small, light prime (fixed focal length) lens such as a 28mm or 35mm.  Learning to use a prime lens rather than a zoom will make you a better photographer in the long run. 

 

Since you are quite pleased with your SL, I say keep it and adapt your lens selection to it. 

 

JMHO.

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