What winter gloves do you have?

I have been told that you need to turn off IBIS in the SL2(-s) as otherwise you risk causing damage when you clean the sensor with the camera on.

Hi Lukas, I’ve had the SL2 for two years, but I’ve only used the video function a few times because it seemed so daunting. After watching your video, everything became much clearer-thank you for sharing your settings! I’m now all in. I do have a few questions: Why do you prefer shooting in 5K? Can you explain more about the filters you use? Why do you choose to shoot in "cloudy" white balance? Do you recommend shooting in Log, or are there other settings you’d suggest? I’ll mainly be practicing with someone talking to the camera and another person doing a cooking activity for daily practice. Thanks again for your help!

For anyone still unsure, the wider the lens, the easier it is to zone focus as the depth of field is deeper. That's why 28mm (or even wider) is a good sweet spot for street photography. Meter the scene for the day with your preferred set aperture... f8 or even f11 is best. Now move the lens barrel so that the infinity marker is set to the chosen aperture on the depth of field scale. You'll have acceptable sharpness and focus from infinity to about 1.5m on a 28mm lens. Just ensure you set shutter speed and ISO to cover you for the day - having a higher ISO so you can work the shutter speed to suit works best for me - giving you flexibility to work within the shadows as well as bright lit scenes. Have fun and experiment. If you really want to learn or see how a master of street photography uses zone focusing, just go watch Allan Schaller at work.

This video could’ve benefited from including more technical details. For example, where is there a depth of field? How it is calculated? How much dof falls before and after the focal plane?

I encountered the E-02 error 20 years ago. I was nearly tempted to mail the camera to someone doing these repairs in Eastern Europe. Instead I kept it stored but not forgotten. My Red-Dot repaired Minilux arrives Thursday.

Funny enough I was looking at the sl2 in the uk and you can get them used for much less than half price now. The m cameras seem to hold value so much better. Even the sl lens drop like a tank in value second hand.

Beautiful!

I liked the 5d so much I got 3! It's a steal at current prices for what was built to be a high end professional camera costing 1000s originally. Paired with the native ef lenses it's a fantastic camera to use. As for battery life, just get a new third party battery, you will get hundreds of shots for a full day (actually more like a full week) of shooting. The 5d was designed to create images as good or better than film because it was designed to appeal to professionals who didn't yet trust digital. Offering full frame was part of this, but also generating images with a 'filmic' look straight out of camera no need for raw editing. The build is on par with the pro canon film bodies of the time and of course it accepted all of the existing ef and L line up of lenses so that pro canon users only had to buy the body. Today the 5d is probably the best entry point to full frame shooting on a budget. There are few digital crutches here just the OG film camera experience with auto focus.

I moved the time 1 minute up to match the time on my phone...my A7 gen1 is up to date. (No joke)

A friend gifted me one and told me to just worry about the cost on getting it fixed :') and Red Dot had me set and ready soon after sending it in! gonna send in my M2 for a CLA soon

My favorite photography channel !! Wishing you a great 2025

My copyright info was off LOL.

All the best keep up the good work

Many thanks for the work you put in to your videos 😊 I have found them most helpful since becoming a Leica shooter once again with my SL2S. Happy New Year too you and yours. Looking forward to what you do in 2025

Happy New Year Lukas

My favorite Lukas, super cool super geeky. Hoping you have a great blessed 2025!

What a load of drivel.

Happy 2025 Lukas, to you and yours.

what screen you edit the photos on? SL2S is 2.7K do I need to buy it? that brought me here.

Your dad did such incredible work! Love this story, very inspiring

Samples???

I got mine this year. I switched from Fuji XH2 and I am absolutely happy. I shoot with SL, R and M lenses and just love it.

I had a SL2 and sold it after 6 months. I too found the autofocus to be kind of garbage and if I want to manual focus ans use M lenses...I'll use my M11 or M10M. For action shoots (sports etc) my R5 is the far better rig. Way better autofocus, faster, lighter, more lenses. I wanted to love it as I'm a Leica nut but I could not do it...

My fav of all time - combined with the EF 40mm, such a great grab-and-go. And hello from Jackson, Mich!

Dark side is photographer and every system has downsides . So this is another fxxxing Clickbait video

I have two SL2’s both in the last two years both have given me “System Error” on the display screen. They’re bricked. Sometimes by removing the SD card and restarting or removing the battery resets the camera. But not in my case I’m going on my third time sending them to Leica repair. Once they go there it’s a minimum of three months for return.

Hello! Is the color of the wood on the grip also walnut? I noticed IDS had a few different colors to choose from

My local camera shop has one with the original box and a case for $1,200.00. I really want it but can’t justify spending money on film and processing right now.

can I use these profiles on my q343?

Thanks for the update video, I was feeling alone out there till your channel popped up! Now about the presets you suggested yours and I,m assuming photo not video. Is there a link to it, or do I have to purchase an item?

Your dad seems like a rad dude!

Lukas or someone else would you please let me know howe to on Leica sl2-s fw 6.1.0 save user profile to sd card, thank you

I used this camera when second shooting for a wedding. In an industry where wedding films are getting bigger and bolder it was refreshing to simplify the process with a camera such as this

Hi Lukas 👋, thank you for the video. Don’t you have issues with that new firmware ? While shooting MF using the back button if i move my composition after setting my focus point the focus automatically refocuses on whatever I am pointing at (without me touching the back button) 🤷‍♂️ like AF continuous except i don’t even press on anything!

M10 IS the sweet spot in Leica's current line. Just got mine 2 weeks ago and love it. Best to you and Family.

Pretty sure you have to save the user profiles before updating the firmware or you'll wipe them - right?

I wish I had done that with my (sig,other), Lucky as hell!

Do you plan anything with photopills?

Hi Lukas: do you have both an SL2 and an SL2-S? Is the low-light capability of the SL2-S for video and photos really that much better than the SL2? ALSO: do you know a hack to re-instate my old file numbers? After the FirmWare 6.1.0 update, my SL2 re-set back to L101.... drag.

Great stuff Lukas. I'm only now starting to use the video side of this amazing camera.

I can’t remember because it’s been so long but should we be able to push the joystick again to cancel the zoom? Thats how it is with custom buttons but not with the joystick currently on the new update. Only way to cancel the zoom is to half press the shutter.

Just updated my SL2s via the photos app. 📸 Absolutely love this camera, still have my Q2 but this is now my “go to” camera unless I absolutely have to have something light and portable.

Many thanks for sharing this much appreciated 😊

I assume this is for the SL2-S (as well as the SL2) and that the firmeare on the Leica website is isted under SL2-S specifically? I just saw your video moments ago and haven't looked at the website yet. Thanks so very much!

Thanks for the update. Never updated my SL2-S for this reason. Luckily the SL2 I picked up used from KEH a few months ago didn't have the latest firmware either

oh man, thanks for the news thats awesome ! totally missed the update

wait, is this something the 601 has been able to do? I despise having to click the lower left button for manual focus check, its super awkward. I feel like I missed this update.

It was about time….😅 Happy my 601 and the SL2-S now work identically again. It was a nuisance if you swap between different cameras with different button layouts.

How was the hdmi latency?