LEica SL as an example of bad design

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Bla bla bla what a bullshit topic again, only on the Leica Forums... never see this kind of stuff on any other forum, not even the Sony A7, which is way worse to hold due to it's small size and equally big lenses.

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[kape06111]

Bla bla bla what a bullshit topic again, only on the Leica Forums... never see this kind of stuff on any other forum, not even the Sony A7, which is way worse to hold due to it's small size and equally big lenses.

But this what the PO is saying, once you touch the SL, you want to get it inmediatly and never let it go.

[scott kirkpatrick]

To GT's question, contrast detect AF provides a measure of sharpness of focus, and the camera must change the lens focus to maximize the sharpness. It may have to try moving both in and out to see which works best. Phase detect, or PDAF, provides a recommendation of how much to move the lens and in which direction, in or out, to achieve the best focus.  When the PD signal is generated by sensors on the mirror or somewhere else not in the image plane, as in DSLRs, you have a calibration problem.  But the extra information makes the process quicker and more robust.  When the PD signal comes from some of the pixel cells on the chip, I think the calibration problem only has to be solved once, in the course of assembling the camera, but it is still more complicated.

[IkarusJohn]

The 24-90 is awesome. I had no plans of buying it until the day I picked up the SL when last minute I decided to get it as something good to have on the few occassions when it might be useful. Ended up being my most used lens on the SL and I see no reason to go to the primes except the rare cases when I need the primes for a shallower DOF.

My strategy with the SL has changed completely. I will likely get the 90-280 and round out my bag with just one prime, the 50/2R, for those rare cases.

I’ve surprised myself because I used to be a prime purist and would most of the time just carry one or two primes.

+1

[jaapv]

But this what the PO is saying, once you touch the SL, you want to get it inmediatly and never let it go.

Hmm.. Quite the opposite for me. Quite a nice camera, very good too, but not one I desire to own...