Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: I remember the AX well. I was shooting RTXII and RTX with those really great Contax T* Lenses. I was drawn to the AX but a (name omitted) Leica tech told me that the AX, while a dream to use, was twitchy and prone to repair issues. I bought an RX, which was, I believe, the best overall Contax out there. Never, ever had a problem - except when I disbelieved the Focus Assist light and manually adjusted focus. Alway off focus when I did that. Obey the Light!!! Conceptually, I always felt the AX' time had come, but they couldn't seem to make it bullet-proof like the RX. My entire RX kit was stolen which bumped me into a and R8 and R9 with the 70-180 APO and 28-90Asph. What a kit that was! But my eyes wimped out on me and I caved and bout t5D Mkll. But imagine a 5D Mklll with an autofocus body? Bob Bob Shaw rsphotoimages at comcast.net On Feb 7, 2012, at 10:49 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: > mehrdad wrote: > >>>> > do you remember the contax ax? it is very possible > <<< > > Possible but not practical. Plays havoc with floating elements and > tri-elmars, and absent a much thicker body would have a useful range only > with shorter lenses. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj > <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Autofocus! >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 08-Feb-2012, at 12:06 AM, mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> it seems that the new m digital is around the corner (sep/oct), what >> shall >>> we expect after three years and 8k price? >>> >>> >>> i for one do need the following >>> >>> >>> 1) image stabilization built in to the body (they can licsnce this >>> technology from sony, thier old partner) >>> 2) much better buffer and more frames per second >>> 3) shooting movies with m (not for me) >>> 4) fuji x10/pro like view finder >>> 5) better battery life and better battery >>> 6) 36 meg is now the norm, so something close >>> 7) a built in 1.4x magnifier, that u can use at will >>> 8) all the given dynamic range and high iso performance (it is now three >>> yrs later) >>> 9) a better price but i think is is truly a dream >>> 10) do we care about live view? >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------- >>> regards, mehrdad >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information