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23 hours ago, Chaemono said:

They should make every SL like that and vary the color of the dot only, red with white letters for the high res version, black with silver letters for the SL2-M, and silver with black letters for the 24 MPx one. 

 

Good luck with that. Leica Microsystems owns the trademark/logo and licenses it to Leica Camera. When Leica Camera placed a black dot on the black M8.2 (the silver version retained the red dot), apparently Leica Microsystems was not pleased.  It hasn’t happened since (only no dot or screw, etc). 
 

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vor 52 Minuten schrieb Daedalus2000:

Great that you enjoy your new camera, but honestly I do not see massive differences. Can you tell us more specifically what you see? Skin tones look similar to me

With AWB by the camera they come out with slightly more yellow than magenta or can easily be made to look that way which I prefer. It reminds me of the Leica T. It's very subtle but I'm sure it's there.

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1 hour ago, Jeff S said:

Good luck with that. Leica Microsystems owns the trademark/logo and licenses it to Leica Camera. When Leica Camera placed a black dot on the black M8.2 (the silver version retained the red dot), apparently Leica Microsystems was not pleased.  It hasn’t happened since (only no dot or screw, etc). 
 

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This is bullshit. Leica did not want to be forced to use black dot logo. Red dot is very noticeable for a reason ! Some salesmen invent a completely false story never backed by any officials. I guess that it is a convenient lie. 
Otherwise customers would have forced Leica to use only the black dot. 
 

Leica Camera AG has perpetual rights to Leica trademarks for anything related to cameras and binoculars. 
It is not a typical licensing scheme. 

Even more, Leica Camera AG is the sole Leica company with the rights to use the White scripted Leica within a red dot 🔴 logo ! 
Other three Leica companies has to use the red scripted Leica over plain white. No dot at all. 
 

Leica just continue to use the white scripted Leica within a black dot ⚫ for several limited editions such as the two Bauhaus CL. 

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By the way Dr Kaufman has hinted about renaming Leica Camera AG back to Ernst Leitz name. 
Just like he just renamed its cinema company CW (Cine Wetzlar) Sonderoptics with Leica Cine as commercial name into Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH with Leitz Cine as commercial brand  

 

I guess that Dr Kaufman really like the Leitz brand. After the new complex at Wetzlar is named Leitz park and not Leica park  

 

https://www.film-tv-video.de/business/2018/06/21/cw-sonderoptic-wird-leitz-cine-wetzlar/

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44 minutes ago, nicci78 said:

This is bullshit. Leica did not want to be forced to use black dot logo. Red dot is very noticeable for a reason ! Some salesmen invent a completely false story never backed by any officials. I guess that it is a convenient lie. 
Otherwise customers would have forced Leica to use only the black dot. 
 

Leica Camera AG has perpetual rights to Leica trademarks for anything related to cameras and binoculars. 
It is not a typical licensing scheme. 

Even more, Leica Camera AG is the sole Leica company with the rights to use the White scripted Leica within a red dot 🔴 logo ! 
Other three Leica companies has to use the red scripted Leica over plain white. No dot at all. 
 

Leica just continue to use the white scripted Leica within a black dot ⚫ for several limited editions such as the two Bauhaus CL. 

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I never said Leica was forced to use black dot; in fact the contrary.  I was told by someone with close company contacts that the red dot was the approved logo and the black dot was put on the black M8.2 without expected approvals from Leica Microsystems. The silver version had the expected red logo.

My comment had nothing to do with the company name or white lettering; only the red vs black logo.

Jeff
 

 

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28 Summilux-M on the SL2S wide open. It isn't the sharpest lens to begin with and I didn't have time to do the focus at infinity wide open and angle the lens to look at the corners. It looks good in these.

Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-rpQ7Pb/

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This one is processed in addition in Topaz DeNoise AI which makes it a bit sharper.

Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-rpQ7Pb/

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This one is also processed in Topaz DeNoise AI.

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One more with Topaz DeNoise AI

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Could one of you guys set up a nice stable SL2S and try good test of the multi-shot feature?  Even a tabletop tripod will do if it's stable.  You can use a Fotos remote to eliminate camera shake.  A good demanding test shot will have a nice range of colors, and lots of edges in a relatively flat surface.  Store signs, perhaps?

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2 hours ago, Chaemono said:

This one is processed in addition in Topaz DeNoise AI which makes it a bit sharper.

Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-rpQ7Pb/

 

Sorry, but at this stage in the game , applying post processing DeNoise and sharpening plus not listing ISO or exposure info is not really helping anyone. 

If you can push the ISO and let us see it without any NR, that would be great; thanks.

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vor einer Stunde schrieb FrozenInTime:

Sorry, but at this stage in the game , applying post processing DeNoise and sharpening plus not listing ISO or exposure info is not really helping anyone. 

If you can push the ISO and let us see it without any NR, that would be great; thanks.

EXIF data is included. 

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ISO 6400 SL2-S vs. S5

The ISO 640 files were misfocused. I will redo them and post the results later. The SL2-S did great at ISO 640 but when shadows were lifted by 100 it showed some white speckles in the dark areas. The S5 showed none. The SL2-S does better here with less and more pleasing noise at ISO 6400. Unfortunately, there is something going on with the S5 RAW files and I can't compare the two. Basically, RAW files aren't quite as raw as one thinks they are: https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/10/raw-is-not-raw.html 😂 The SL2-S seems to prfioritize highlights at a given shutter speed, hence, slower shutter speed to match exposure required. 

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S5 opened in LR, not touched, zero NR, Sharpening +40

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ISO 6400 f/4 @1/3200 sec.

SL2-S opened in LR, not touched, zero NR, Sharpening +40ISO 6400 f/4 @1/2500 sec.

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And here with Shadows +100 at ISO 6400

S5

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11 minutes ago, Chaemono said:

And here with Shadows +100 at ISO 6400

S5

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SL2-S

You should try to use the same exposure, not same ISO when comparing.

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