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    Huntingdon Valley, PA
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    City and street photography, Landscapes, Musicians at work in and out of recording studio.
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    USA

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    SL-2, APO-vario-elmarit 24-70 lens

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  1. Viewing the threads of posted Q3 images and this one on the Q2, I see more natural images - not over contrasty - with the Q2 versus the Q3. Does Anyone else see this? Overall, I prefer the images in this tread on the Q2, and it may influence which Q I purchase.
  2. The YouTube videos above are helpful, but it is also useful to review the downloadable SL2 manual and to become familiar with the content, if not reading it page by page. You may have done this already. Compared to other digital cameras, for example Nikons, the Leica User Interphases seem so much easier to me: easier to navigate, fewer menus, better organization. I agree with the suggestion above to go out and shoot using the menu buttons, getting some experience and then coming back to the references to fill in your knowledge of the camera.
  3. Another possible source: Don Goldberg, dagcam@chorus.net. He has some miscellaneous parts listed on his website. If you don't see the Summicron lens cap, its still worth asking in an email at the above address.
  4. KEH has an inventory of various lens caps. You may want to check their website.
  5. Several right now on ebay. Here's one from a reputable seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/404272568835?hash=item5e2085da03:g:XW4AAOSwLWdkUoQz&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0AZ%2FdRCyB8Qel8Q8AF3RxjJOPAvL11cL%2B%2BkDWILhsRoDHpTtSxcheiSmJu6wFYTQ%2Fl2AdvgZoiWi0H44c3b0F2wC%2Bm4TP5uHVqe9U%2Fd7E0%2FATGTnjG2MzhjluOZLgA9rqNBmEj0YbSVujBQd1NxR45y7R9hhxx60cwcDiN9Ora%2FAxvgwl5u%2BU%2BGwrVUEMm5zmg6BQls44LiDA9jXEHtmWatMtwCttvDhP%2BbDoifSi2olfODczfEu1F6N59K7wtb0HepnCF9uMZM9ZjLg9aFLwsM%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4Lk86_8YQ
  6. A recent image with the Leica 60mm elmarit-R macro, on film (BW400CN) with the Leica R6.2 camera.
  7. Shepherdphotographer: for portrait work, why not consider a 50mm lens such as the Voigtlander 50/1.2 or the Zeiss 50/1.5 with M to L adapter? You did mention that 28 and 35mm were not your preferred focal lengths and for portraits, longer lenses are commonly used. Space constraints should not be very much greater with the 50mm focal length, and OOF effects should be as good or better.
  8. A nice video and very nice to "meet" Youxin Ye after many repairs and reconditioning projects that he completed for me over the years. I found the background so interesting. The video gave great insight into his work standards, values, and the respect he holds for the lenses and cameras he works on. Meaningful work.
  9. I was surprised that mounting the Leica Apo extender 2X ROM on the Leica 80-200 F4 zoom with ROM contacts (so all ROM) and then mounting that onto the Leica R-L adapter was not recognized by my SL2-S camera. So I manually entered Leica 400 f4 in the R lens selection menu. This was the closest lens I could find to my lens-extender combo. With ROM zoom lenses alone (no extender attached) and the R-L adapter, the camera correctly recognizes the lens, at least for my 3 ROM lens, two of which are zooms. Add the extender, and it seems that the combo is not relayed to the camera by the R-L adapter.
  10. Are there any other sling bag options beyond the Bevis when carrying a longer lens such as the Leica SL 100-400 or the other long zooms? In another thread on the PD 10 liter everyday sling bag, the 24-90 zoom mounted to an SL2 camera is shown to be too large to fit inside vertically. If quicker access to the SL2 mounted to a longer lens is needed, a deeper bag would seem to be required versus storing the camera + lens horizontally, which perhaps is workable if there is room underneath for smaller lenses and/or other gear. I find that most of the sling bags are not designed for the long zoom lenses. Backpacks seem to be the standard for long lenses +/- camera. I’d still prefer a sling somewhat smaller than the Bevis bag referenced above.
  11. That two zoom travel kit would be more practical for me also. Spending time in St Croix with fabulous water and beaches is one destination where I’d use that kit with some weather/moisture resistance in a backpack or swing-around pack. Yet…that R 280/4 or a 280/2.8 are also attractive, but more practically for roaming closer to home and at a base with drier conditions.
  12. I've been considering the 100-400 zoom and also the APO 90-280 for long lens use in landscape and water sports shooting with the SL2-S camera. Considering that I would not need the shorter range of these lenses, and that autofocus is not needed, I'm also considering one of the long R lenses with the R to L adapter (which I have). The APO-telyt R 280 F4 with an APO-R 1.4 extender is the option that interests me the most, even with lack of autofocus and the significant weight of R-L adapter, extender, lens and camera. Can anyone opine on using the APO-telyt R 280/f4 or the telyt-R 280/2.8 with the SL2 cameras?
  13. I think the SL would be fine for nature photography, but as others have mentioned, not as good as your Nikon system for wildlife and fast moving creatures. If you like to shoot landscapes and static or slowly moving subjects in nature, e.g. macro work, or with short to medium telephoto, the SL system with L autofocus or R manual focus glass would be fine and you could add this camera/lens to your bag on outings along with your Nikons. The lenses are where the $$$ start to vanish, but you can get a used Leica R 60mm 2.8 macro, and some of the slower, non-APO telephoto lenses for modest (by Leica standards) cost.
  14. If you are concerned about cropping and that is your main concern, get the SL2. Others use that same logic in buying higher megapixel camera models. But if your shooting style is more traditional in the sense of pre-visualizing what you want to capture, then a 24 megapixel sensor camera is fine. To use your example of a single building in a cityscape, you can always return later and move closer or use a longer lens if by some chance you think its worth a closer view.
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