By a slightly sweaty photographer who just bench-pressed this thing
Introduction: When German Engineering Meets a Midlife Crisis
Let’s face it: most cameras are like sensible sedans. Reliable, practical, boring. The Leicaflex SL2, however, is the automotive equivalent of a 1970s muscle car—if that muscle car were also a Panzer. This isn’t just a camera; it’s a statement, wrapped in enough machined brass and steel to make a Swiss watchmaker blush.
Want to shoot film but hate the dainty fragility of those Japanese plastic wonders? Meet the SL2: the camera that laughs at gravity, scoffs at ergonomics, and probably doubles as a doorstop in a hurricane.
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