nicci78 Posted September 24, 2019 Share #521 Posted September 24, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) It was schedule for Photokina 2020. But the SL2 is gonna be late. So they cancel their venue 😜 Maybe for next time at Photokina 2021 🙃 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #522 Posted September 24, 2019 Let’s keep our hopes up. There’s PHOTOPLUS in October. 😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anickpick Posted September 24, 2019 Share #523 Posted September 24, 2019 Leica does not take part in Photoplus Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted September 24, 2019 Share #524 Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) Shows are too expensive with no real gain now. Photokina just suicide themselves by going to annual rhythm. It is better to "pay off" or pleased youtube influencers to get raving reviews. Watch how many excellent reviews Q2 get, but none talk about awkward exposure compensation dial position. Confusing and hard to start video mode. Broken face detect AF. Slower than Q operation. etc... You cannot believe any reviewers but yourself now. Even DPreview is totally biased. After being bought by Amazon. It now serves the purpose to sell as many cameras as possible. Edited September 24, 2019 by nicci78 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #525 Posted September 24, 2019 Leica doesn’t participate in PHOTOPLUS, but it would make sense to use ‘ambush marketing’ and announce the SL2 just before it. The product needs to be attractive enough to draw attention away from a major industry event. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted September 24, 2019 Share #526 Posted September 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Chaemono said: Let’s keep our hopes up. There’s PHOTOPLUS in October. 😀 and the other biggie http://www.cpplus.jp/en/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #527 Posted September 24, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was told to expect the SL2 in November, others here in December/end of year, Steve Huff was invited to a ‘major’ Leica event in October, and Jono has the camera in his hands as we speak (😁). I’d say it’s safe to assume that the SL2 will come this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 24, 2019 Share #528 Posted September 24, 2019 3 hours ago, nicci78 said: Shows are too expensive with no real gain now. Photokina just suicide themselves by going to annual rhythm. It is better to "pay off" or pleased youtube influencers to get raving reviews. Watch how many excellent reviews Q2 get, but none talk about awkward exposure compensation dial position. Confusing and hard to start video mode. Broken face detect AF. Slower than Q operation. etc... You cannot believe any reviewers but yourself now. Even DPreview is totally biased. After being bought by Amazon. It now serves the purpose to sell as many cameras as possible. At least we have Jono Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share #529 Posted September 24, 2019 On September 23rd, 2015 Leica announced an event in Wetzlar on October 20th. On that day, they officially announced the SL would be available on November 16th. Leica Rumors appears to have been wrong about an announcement on the 24th. The only thing we really have to go on is what various Leica personnel or camera dealers have said, all of it pointing to a camera getting out the door in 2019. I’ll repeat the one thing I was told by a Leica employee: that the camera will be physically available in the U.S. “before the end of autumn.” Autumn ends on December 20th. Long wait... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #530 Posted September 24, 2019 vor 3 Stunden schrieb nicci78: Watch how many excellent reviews Q2 get, but none talk about awkward exposure compensation dial position. Confusing and hard to start video mode. Broken face detect AF. Slower than Q operation. etc... Of course, not. With the Q2 one basically pays for a lens that comes with a ‘free’ camera. Why be picky? 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted September 24, 2019 Share #531 Posted September 24, 2019 Perhaps it will be tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #532 Posted September 24, 2019 vor 42 Minuten schrieb Exodies: Perhaps it will be tomorrow. Given that you had 5047 posts, you might know something. Or, perhaps, you were simply trying to get to 5048. 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted September 24, 2019 Share #533 Posted September 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, Chaemono said: Given that you had 5047 posts, you might know something. Or, perhaps, you were simply trying to get to 5048. 😂 I was planning on repeating my prediction on a daily basis but you’ve taken the fun out of that . 5048 sounds more like me than knowing something. My gut feeling is Neil’s December. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #534 Posted September 24, 2019 vor 2 Stunden schrieb Exodies: I was planning on repeating my prediction on a daily basis but you’ve taken the fun out of that . 5048 sounds more like me than knowing something. My gut feeling is Neil’s December. It won’t be available to all customers in all regions at the same time because demand will be so high IMO. Some will get it in December, some already in November.😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted September 24, 2019 Share #535 Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) I doubt if the Dealers actually know any more than we do. October 24th is 4 years to the day that the SL was officially born, so perhaps Leica will celebrate it's birthday with a new brother on the same day. They actually shipped the dealers demo's a week later ........ as I had mine on 4/11/15 ...... in error as my dealers hyper-efficient staff shipped it to me as it landed in the warehouse because I phoned that day enquiring about when the expected stock. The boss was unamused, but let me keep it and swapped it for a 'proper release' copy 3 weeks later. As Leica know the demo serial numbers and it's a hanging offence to sell them I had to ask Andreas to delete all the photos I had posted on the forum before I received the embarrassed and worried call from my dealer frantically telling me not to tell anyone I had an SL ..... Edited September 24, 2019 by thighslapper 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted September 24, 2019 Share #536 Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, johnbuckley said: ’ll repeat the one thing I was told by a Leica employee: that the camera will be physically available in the U.S. “before the end of autumn.” Autumn ends on December 20th. Long wait... Still better than before the end of the year ! 😝 you can get it before Christmas 🎄 Edited September 24, 2019 by nicci78 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted September 24, 2019 Share #537 Posted September 24, 2019 Just now, nicci78 said: [...] So don’t trust anybody on the internet Really? Even Mr...and Mr... (fill in blanks)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted September 24, 2019 Share #538 Posted September 24, 2019 I don’t even trust myself 🤣 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 24, 2019 Share #539 Posted September 24, 2019 51 minutes ago, thighslapper said: I doubt if the Dealers actually know any more than we do. October 24th is 4 years to the day that the SL was officially born, so perhaps Leica will celebrate it's birthday with a new brother on the same day. They actually shipped the dealers demo's a week later ........ as I had mine on 4/11/15 ...... in error as my dealers hyper-efficient staff shipped it to me as it landed in the warehouse because I phoned that day enquiring about when the expected stock. The boss was unamused, but let me keep it and swapped it for a 'proper release' copy 3 weeks later. As Leica know the demo serial numbers and it's a hanging offence to sell them I had to ask Andreas to delete all the photos I had posted on the forum before I received the embarrassed and worried call from my dealer frantically telling me not to tell anyone I had an SL ..... I too got mine a day before official release date as it was mistakenly posted a day early. However that was an official release version. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted September 24, 2019 Share #540 Posted September 24, 2019 vor 45 Minuten schrieb thighslapper: I doubt if the Dealers actually know any more than we do. October 24th is 4 years to the day that the SL was officially born, [...] Not even the guys who run the Leica store in Wetzlar know when a camera or lens will ship to customers. Their predictive power rises as we get closer to the date. But they’ve seen the SL2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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