Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The wide is unfortunately, an Achilles Heel for the M8. 21 is a decent 28FOV, not bad, but not ultra wide. The 7-14 is a decent 14-28 FOV, which is quite nice. I have to say that I like the 21 FOV a lot, but could not handle the 15 and 18. Although that was a number of years ago. May be I should give them another try.... On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Nathan, > I guess I am just dense, but why would the M8/9 not be as good a choice? > Let's say with a 21 and a 35 in addition to the 45(50?) and 90? > I think I'm missing something... > Thanks, > Bob > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 2:02:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners. > > Meanwhile, I have taken around 250 pictures during this week's visit to > Boston (so far) with my dumb GF-1 and I love the results, and so do other > people. I have used the 20mm pancake the most, followed by the newly > acquired 7-14 (excellent!!!) but the 45mm and the 90mm Elmarit with adapter > have also seen use. > > And I can walk around all day with no pain anywhere. > > Sony=Playstation > > Nathan > > On 26 May, 2010, at 16:54 , Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/1005/sonysensor/sensor_compare.jpg > > Double layer in effect couplets instead of in effect single lens eyewear > in > > front of each pixel site makes for Sony being able to make the smallest > > pixel sights yet and still do well with image quality. The way it > looks.... > > Meanwhile it doest waste its time in sub miniature digital formats but > comes > > out with its tiny NEX cameras with 1.5 crop like the Leica X1 instead of > the > > dumb 2x crop cameras which capture the hearts and minds of the bulk of > the > > LUG. > > It's very cool and cute and flat 16mm pancake 2.8 becomes a very capable > > 24mm lens for these NEX cameras. My advanced math skills tells me that > lens > > would be a 32mm if they were talking about the crazy useless 2x crop > > cameras. > > That said they could apply this two layer technology to these smaller > > formats and perhaps do ok. Next year. Nobody knows anything about it yet. > > But in Pict form it looks good so far. > > I'm very big on Sony. > > > > The 16mm pancake looks great but this NEX series is being mainly > presented > > with larger front heavy looking zoom glass in front and with much talk > about > > its video capabilities to justify it. Very smart marketing and camera > design > > as far as I go. Real stocking stuffers . I'm ready for one. > > > > http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sonynex5/ > > Mirrorless like the Leica Dlux series and the bulk of the cameras being > > used today which are not DSLR's. Though there is cross over. > > > > We need such an option with M mount > > > > And give me two layers in front of my sensor to make it quite able to > deal > > with non retrofocal glass designs. > > > > [Rabs] > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]