Had a chance to pickup the SL used. As I've been waiting since January for the M10 I thought I'd give it a try. No Leica store near here, so when I saw a used one from the Miami Leica store for a decent price I ordered it.
Have a TL 11-23mm to mount to it (from the T camera), also have the adapter to mount M lenses. The latter is how I'd intend to mostly shoot it. SL lenses are just too big for me.
It's not a very intuitive camera to pickup and shoot. Unlike the Q or the X-Vario or the 240, buttons aren't labeled, and you have to know about modes for the camera, what double pressing a button does and such. How am I supposed to get to ISO? I don't know.
I've somehow put it into movie recording mode, and it's remembering that. Turning the camera off doesn't turn that off: it doesn't take you back to a mode where the shutter button just takes stills.
It's heavy. Just trying to futz around with it to figure out operations is wearing out my arms, and is frankly frustrating.
I'll give it a few days, see if my initial reaction gets reversed. Initially, I'm not impressed. Sadly, it's not a camera that I just want to pick up and shoot. "Brunhilde" wants me to come around to her way of doing things. We'll see.
Have a TL 11-23mm to mount to it (from the T camera), also have the adapter to mount M lenses. The latter is how I'd intend to mostly shoot it. SL lenses are just too big for me.
It's not a very intuitive camera to pickup and shoot. Unlike the Q or the X-Vario or the 240, buttons aren't labeled, and you have to know about modes for the camera, what double pressing a button does and such. How am I supposed to get to ISO? I don't know.
I've somehow put it into movie recording mode, and it's remembering that. Turning the camera off doesn't turn that off: it doesn't take you back to a mode where the shutter button just takes stills.
It's heavy. Just trying to futz around with it to figure out operations is wearing out my arms, and is frankly frustrating.
I'll give it a few days, see if my initial reaction gets reversed. Initially, I'm not impressed. Sadly, it's not a camera that I just want to pick up and shoot. "Brunhilde" wants me to come around to her way of doing things. We'll see.