Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] D700
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:46:28 -0400

I wonder why it is that 99.9999% of photographers out there are using Canon
Nikon and about 3 of them are going to invest in an unknown entity from a
non camera company like this Sony system to do their work?

Walkman
Home Audio
Televisions
These are known Sony entities.




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> From: James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:58:59 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700
> 
> Gene,
> 
> Then they didn't have a 900. Look for one. It's built like a tank,
> with magnesium alloy body and rubber weather seals and gaskets, unlike
> most of the others in the alpha series. A little noisy, but no worse
> than a D300. And you can use R glass with an adapter, I used my old
> 400 5.6 on it's shoulder stock today, and of course there's the Zeiss
> glass if you can afford it. A little noisy (photo-wise) at higher
> ISOs, but the noise is more like film grain, not objectionable at all
> to me. The kicker for me, besides the wonderful finder and the
> resolution, was always having IS, built in, which was extremely
> helpful with the 400. Imagine a circa 1968 Leica Telyt with IS. (As
> you can tell I really love this camera.) ;-)
> 
> Jim Laird
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM,  <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
>> Jim,
>> 
>> No, it has been a year and a half since I looked at a Sony DSLR, no 
>> dealers
>> in this area. ?The finders of those I looked at were not equal to the R8.
>> ?Going to Texas in December, I will see if I can try one then.
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 3:59:44 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700
>> 
>> Gene,
>> 
>> Have you looked at the Sony A900? Extremely good 24 mp sensor with an
>> astoundingly good viewfinder which reminds me of the great finders on
>> the Nikon F et al/Leica SL and SL2. Great camera although not cheap,
>> except by Leica standards. ;-)
>> 
>> Jim Laird
>> 
>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:55 PM, ?<grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>> Already tried Canon with R glass and was underwhelmed. ?Don't care for 
>>> Sony
>>> DSLRs, even less as I don't care for canon DSLRs. ?I'll take DMR with R
>>> glass anyway over the alternatives.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Gene
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 1:20:09 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700
>>> 
>>> 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 chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] D700)
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In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] D700)