Leica SL3: a Dumpster Fire of Missing Features, Anti-Design, and Bugs
re: Leica SL3 vs Sony A7R V: In-Depth Value Comparison
If it is not corrupting both RAW and JPG files at least 5% of the time... then it’s making destroying my efforts with bad exposures as shown below (they should all be identical). Both JPG and DNG were ruined. The light never returned—work destroyed. Thank you Leica.
The Leica SL3 feature set is grossly inferior compared to the Sony A7R V, the EVF is coarse and pixellated by comparison (really nasty by comparison*), the AF system is the most anti-functional design of all time, must-have features like focus stacking are missing.
Much can be fixed with firmware updates. But the SL3 haptics are awful in multiple physical ways that cannot be fixed, and that’s on top of the crappy quality of the EVF vs my Sony A7R V.
As it stands, the Leica SL3 value proposition is a dumpster fire vs a proven performer.
UPDATE: it appears that the lens was not stopping down, or stopping down only a little. That seems to raise two possibilities: (1) a problem with the lens, or (2) a firmware bug. Since this happened just once today, I don’t know.
OTOH, if I get a too-bright image, then how would I know if it’s a metering issue or a failure to stop down? I’d presumably dismiss a single bad shot as an anomaly. In this case I have the full series, so I know it has nothing to do with metering. Indeed the camera produced EXIF with the right aperture and shutter speed and etcetera for the correct exposure.
Identical exposure value (EV) — should all be same brightness
