The SL3-P has all that matters in a great package for a decent price (and there are going to be some great bundles at launch). Get it with the 28-75 and you cannot fail to love it (I know I do) [...]
The SL3-P has all that matters in a great package for a decent price (and there are going to be some great bundles at launch). Get it with the 28-75 and you cannot fail to love it (I know I do) [...]
If you are a general photographer shooting anything from street to surfers to sport, landscapes to ladybirds, abstracts to animals, then the SL3-S will not disappoint on any level.
I had not shot with a 43mm lens before (or 40mm come to that!), and it’s been an absolute joy! Having 20mp for a 75mm portrait lens with a narrow depth of field is quite enough.
These days converting from colour to black and white in post processing is much easier, it allows you to change the conversion on different colour channels and the higher resolution of modern sensors surely makes the increase of resolution of the monochrome sensor largely [...]
Each aspect of it shows how much experience, intelligence and thought has gone into it; it’s a camera designed by photographers to be used by photographers.
[L]eica have decided not to produce a direct competitor to the Sony A7, but to build the first really substantial mirrorless camera.
With Hemingway Leica have proved that they can do better than keeping up with the opposition; they can design and manufacture a cutting edge camera which performs on all levels. I think that the Q represents Leica’s coming of age in the digital era.
The new Leica Monochrom (Typ 246) is a worthy and capable successor to the previous model, and it shows real improvements at every level; it’s faster, quieter, more flexible and has better image quality, especially at high ISO.
All in all, the Leica X2 has transformed the great ideas of the X1 into a really useable and pocketable camera, which responds quickly, and reliably takes photographs in any situation where you might not be wanting to carry a dSLR or a Leica M around with you.
There are others better equipped to do that, and you should be aware that on the one hand I’m not an independent voice; as always, my loyalty as a camera tester is to Leica: If I find a problem, then I tell Leica, If I like something, then I tell everyone else!
If you want a small and beautifully made camera, a rewarding shooting experience and peerless results then there really isn’t anything to compete with the Q2.
