[Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Phew!
I can keep my?M9!!
;-)
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




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From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 2:10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.

You are not dense, Bob. I would normally have taken the M8. However, because 
I was getting the 7-14mm while here, I decided to take the GF-1 outfit so 
that I could start playing with the new lens immediately. 

Cheers,
Nathan

On 26 May, 2010, at 17:07 , Bob Adler 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 
> 
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> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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