Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] D700
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:24:16 +1030
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I only tested the A900 with 35, 50 and 85 mm lenses.  I liked the way
images from it in low or contrasty light looked like the scene I was
photographing straight out of the camera, rather than like the scene
taken in flat bright daylight, like the D700, Canon 5D and other very
capable full frame cameras tend to, and the general film-grain look of
its noise when it became apparent.

But the lens range is limiting and I wouldn't buy one just on the
principle that if I need to use a tilt-shift lens, or a 14 mm lens, or
whatever, I can easily hire one for a Nikon, whereas I cannot for a
Sony here in Australia.  I can also easily mount a D700 on any of my
microscopes with a Nikon built C-Mount adaptor, whereas I looked and
as far as I can tell no such thing exists for the Minolta-Sony mount.
Maybe it does, but I couldn't find one.

Marty


On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:
> As one who has edited Sony full frame images with Zeiss Glass, I would run 
> away. Sony may know how to make a sensor but they are years behind Nikon 
> and Canon in camera processing. The Zeiss 17-35 may be the worst super 
> wide I've ever imported into Lightroom.
>
> Chris
>
> Developed from my iHolga
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2010, at 1:20 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
>> Some guy on the GETDIP showed some pictures with a 900+ Leica R glass. Of
>> course they are only web JPG so you can't really tell, but they look good
>> and the person likes the combo.
>>
>> Someone should really compare these combos (DMR vs. A900+R vs. Canikon + 
>> R)
>> for the poor suffering R glass users :-)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:16 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> I was thinking more like a Sony A900 with some Zeiss primes . . .
>>>> actually . . .
>>>>
>>>> Marty
>>>
>>> Has anyone tried the Sony especially with re-mounted leica glass? I'm
>>> tempted, but there are quite a few "downsides" etc to consider.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> alastair
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] D700)
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Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] D700)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)
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