A camera Apple would make…
A camera Apple would make…
I tried the Leica TL2 in 2020, when I first started looking for a real camera. Instead I had my heart set on a Leica Q, wanting to move away from iPhone photography to a more professional camera system. The Leica TL2, however, would be the kind of camera that Apple would surely design.
Last Christmas, I, disappointingly, had my Leica Q2 stolen. It was a recent upgrade from the Q and costly. I resolved not to get discouraged and have this misfortune dampen my enthusiasm and passion for photography. So I began considering replacing the Q2 with something more affordable. The Q is still an extraordinary camera and much cheaper to replace than the Q2. I seriously considered the FujiFilm X100V, but with the second hand market pricing the Fuji camera higher than RRP, non of these two options suited. And both these cameras are likely to see a new release in 2023. Then I came across the Leica TL2. Designed ny Porsche. Less expensive second-hand than the other cameras including the brother camera to the TL2, the wonderful " mini M", Leica CL, which I previously owned. And I had kept the TL2 prime lenses using them with the SL2. And it has been a revelation!
The Leica TL2 is the camera that Apple would have designed... Only better... It is astonishingly good and ahead of its time. something I didn't grasp when I first held it back in 2020. The TL2 is a designer powerhouse and an extraordinary real camera with a simplicity of use that no other camera can match.
There are many innovations inside the Leica TL2 that impress: the simple touchscreen menu that beats any smartphone for ease of use, let alone cameras; customisable function wheels; superb optical autofocus lenses. as well as the ability to mount M lenses. In fact, design elements that were pioneered with the TL and refined with the TL2 were brought to the SL series and the M11. The one piece all aluminium design, like an Apple product, creates a light and sturdy body, doesn't have any unnecessary buttons or features and is very easy to use... And it so happens, takes great photographs in the process...
The Leica TL2 has changed my view of what is possible from a camera and has brought playfulness back to my photography.
“A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.”
~ Man Ray
