A few more images to round out and illustrate my feelings about the Leica SL camera. Here mostly used with the Voigtlander 58mm f1.4.

How does the Leica SL handle low light/high ISOs? Hmmm. This image was photographed at ISO 6400. Looks pretty good to me. I still use the cup but it's been ages since I had a coffee at SBs. They lost 

me with the ever present and ever boring "Pike Place" as their medium roast drip coffee.

It sucks. And it's their "go to." 

Can the SL make pretty "monochrome" files? Yes. Even just when you are looking for Jpegs straight out of your camera. Maybe select "medium high contrast" in the Jpeg parameters menu. 

just a consumer advantage message. See above. Sara will do free mullets on Mondays 

at Wet Salon on S. Congress Ave. Not sure if that's worth flying in for.... but?

I magnified the image of the weird monkey up to 100% and contrary to popular belief the 

Voigtlander 58mm lens really does deliver a greater sense of three dimensional depth than 

many other lenses. Maybe it's a feature of the combination of lens and camera body.

Same thought but here referencing the "..IG TOP" signage and the elephant. 

Can I say that the lens is sharp when used at f2.0? yes, I can.

I did a campaign for a dermatology practice many, many years ago.

I didn't get called back. I can only conjecture that the models the agency and 

I selected lacked...."stature" and were also "not blonde enough." 

But these medical professionals always make a nice soft core porn billboard...

I find the auto white balance of the SL to be pretty darn good under most lighting situations. 

Sometimes I cheat and just set the camera to "daylight" and try not to torment myself about 

the details.

Post on the right. Another New Years Eve party I won't be attending. Or didn't attend (depending on the you read this...). 

I shopped at the Hermés shop on S. Congress Ave. Everything in the store was pricey. Made Leicas look cheap. The only thing of real value I saw was this coffee shop across the street. I waited patiently at the cross walk, holding on tight to my credit cards, and breathed a sigh of utter relief at being able to still buy something I wanted (coffee-- specifically a latté) for less than five bucks. Bargains abound. But NOT at the Hermés shop.

Jo's coffee shop has two restrooms for, well, anybody. They are freestanding from the coffee stand and instead of electrical lighting they have ceilings of red Plexiglas which casts a red filter effect over everything inside. I've never felt so red before. But I thank them for their egalitarian approach to providing the public with much needed facilities. And clean ones at that.

I'm not as punctilious as some Northeastern U.S. bloggers but I still think a sign like this is odd.

It states at the top that they have a "Happy Hour" (singular) but then show a time which is two hours in duration. Almost like they can't make up their mind. Will it be one hour? Oh heck, let's make it two hours.

So when you multiply the Happy Hours by the days of the week you actually wind up with 14 potential happy hours. Math is so weird but then I guess the writing is as well. 

My one resolution for 2024 and beyond. And yes, I know that to some readers the sign resembles a phallus. Try to stay out of the mental gutter if you can.... It's a really nice hotel now, they've chased off all the congressmen who always wanted to rent rooms by the hour. Now they just cater to hip tourists... a much better crowd. Promixity to the Capitol Building can be fraught with peril.

TS:CR (too short, couldn't read): 

The Leica SL is the best camera I have ever used for focusing and photographing with fully manual lenses. The camera accommodates them well with accurate aperture priority exposure control, a high res finder, with focus peaking and quick image preview magnification. Also, the color, even with Jpegs, is exactly what I'm looking for. Clean, used Leica SLs are almost all gone from the market now. I should have bought one more but I got side-tracked by the M cameras. Ah well, two SLs will have to do.