Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't forget that Minolta bought Konica, so there is a lot of photography "DNA" in Sony. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Because Sony IS a camera company. They've made television cameras (that is, > digital cameras!) for decades. Most people don't think of that when they > dismiss Sony as a 'non camera company'. They have more experience making > non-film cameras than just about anyone. Sony has long made the sensors > used > by Nikon, Pentax, and Minolta in their digital SLRs and after Sony took > over > Minolta's SLR division they began making digital SLRs too. Minolta's people > work for them, so they're not really 'new' to that field either. > > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-486-2581 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 10/25/10 11:46 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > -------------------- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photography > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > mark at rabinergroup.com > > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > > > > > > >> 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > >>>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > >>>> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > >>>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > >>>> replies in your msgs. ] > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]