Leica SL3-S on January 16th?

[pdk42]

Absolutely nobody, as you rightly point out this is silly. It's like telling a Mercedes SL500 buyer to get a Subaru Imprezza WRX instead.

Rolex vs Apple Smart watch etc.

That’s a good metaphor.

 

[Pete_W]

Here is a link to Ted Forbes' initial impression of the Leica SL3-S. Only 10:48 long, to the point and seems a fair assessment including commentary about price (but without the PP moaning). I noticed at 3:47 when he was scrolling through the burst mode on the LCD you can see that the camera drops from 14-bit to 12-bit from 7fps and higher.

 

[RBecker]

Absolutely nobody, as you rightly point out this is silly. It's like telling a Mercedes SL500 buyer to get a Subaru Imprezza WRX instead.

Rolex vs Apple Smart watch etc.

Good comparison, but also the explanation for some reviews and reactions:

- the typical buyer Leica buyer is not a you tube viewer
- Leica has a small market share, independent from the competition
- The standard photographer will never buy a SL Leica because of price or feature comparison to others.

Looking at myself: If I had the money to go with Leica and the price is not killing me I would go into the shop and buy one. But then all the videos and reviews are not important and I would not look at it…

In regard to all the reviewers:
- if you are are real professional you can not compare to other brands, because you will not own several brands. Also you have no time to compare, becuase you earn your money with photography and films, not with comparisons.
- a professional does not care if any other brand is somehow better. Your gear have to do the job, that is all! If not you loose money and then you will change your gear…
- a youtuber earns the money with clips, but then in my opinion he is not a „real“ fulltime professional photographer!
- I dropped any impression from good and independent journalism at youtube long time ago. There are only few channels which give good information for me, like a good magazin or newspaper.

 

[CharlesH]

Here is a link to Ted Forbes' initial impression of the Leica SL3-S. Only 10:48 long, to the point and seems a fair assessment

I've watched a few SL3-S reviews. My thought, first forgetting about price, would I want it over my S5IIx? I really like the CFExpress B card; that's a thing the S5IIx should have had, especially when using ProRes. I like the Leica menu system; it seems like an upgrade over Lumix. I like the tilt screen; I know with my video/hybrid orientation I should prefer a flip screen, but I actually like well implemented tilt screens. And it's a better looking camera, and with better weather sealing. But, it doesn't seem to have the exposure tools the S5IIx has, like a waveform monitor which I consider almost essential for video. And it's not going to take better pictures or videos. I don't know, if the price was the same I might go for the Leica. Of course back to reality, the nice things about the SL3-S aren't worth the price difference for me.