Ciao Vieri, new to this forum but not Vieri! Perhaps you would like to elaborate on why you ditched the S007 in favor of using only the SL.
The reason I ask is that I felt the image quality from the S was matched by no cameras of 50 mp or less. The only reason I moved away was a desire for longer exposures and needed movements in MF.
Kindest regards,
John
Ciao John,
welcome to the Forum!
About your question. As you, I felt limited by the 1 minute long exposure, plus I needed an SL in the bag anyway for wide-angle photography, since as we know the S is limited (as any MF to date) to 23/24mm - which is about 19/20mm FOV equivalent - but for my work I use 15mm a lot (and 10mm too, sometimes). More, since I always travel with two bodies, moving to a 2-SL setup made sense to me in terms of not having to carry multiple battery chargers, multiple spare batteries, multiple memory cards. Finally, a two-SL setup made my bag significantly lighter than a SL - S setup.
As far as image quality, I think that the SL with the native zooms punches way above its weight; SL lenses, as all L lenses (SL, CL, TL), resolve 60 lpm above 50% contrast, while everyone else's are around 40 lpm at best: such acutance, to me, results in files easily better that what I used to get with my 36mp Nikon D800E and the best Nikon zooms. I think the SL's files can be enlarged at 150% without showing it, and to 200% without almost any loss in quality, if done with care.
I am really looking forward to the next iteration SL, I think it will be 36-42 Mp and that will make for some really amazing files, I think.
Best regards,
Vieri
