Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You'd want to add in Nikon's processing system since Sony makes the chips but can't process an image to save their lives. It's just easier to use Leica :) Chris Williams 504-231-6261 www.zoeicaimages.net Sent from my iholga On Sep 1, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > I wish that they would funnel their billions into a digital rangefinder > camera that would accept Leica M lenses. A small Sony NEX that would > accept M lenses would also need an aftermarket add-on grip to make it less > small. And an accessory viewfinder. I don't need the face recognition > feature. I'm not Oliver Sacks. > > Konica was bought by Minolta which was bought by Sony (or at least the > lens patents were). So how about making a digital Konica Hexar RF clone? > Set it apart from the competition by leaving off the LCD back (doing away > with the morass of menus can only help, and please just use raw mode). > Give me a button to format the card, preferably next to the card slot and > battery slot. I don't need modes. Combining camera modes with Photoshop > plugin modes gives me 706,651,684 possible combinations between the two. > Just raw mode is fine. The highest noiseless ISO as a default is fine. I > don't want video capability; why make viral videos of cops behaving badly? > Do I really want to piss them off so they handcuff me and shoot my > well-intentioned dog? I don't want bluetooth. I don't want GPS. If we > wanted everyone to know where we were, wouldn't we love paparazzi? > > Jeffery > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA > > On Aug 31, 2013, at 22:38, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > >> Sony doesn't compete with Nikon or Canon, they lose billions on >> cameras/lenses/electronics. Which rather amazing that they still make >> cameras. >> >> >> Chris Williams >> 504-231-6261 >> www.zoeicaimages.net >> >> Sent from my iholga >> >> >> On Aug 31, 2013, at 11:24 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> wrote: >> >>> I sold my D800E after very little use for similar reasons ;-) >>> >>> john >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From Akhil Lal >>>> Sent: Sunday, 1 September 2013 3:08 p.m. >>>> To: Leica Users Group >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sony Full Frame NEX >>>> >>>> Well the NEXs are very compact and relatively lightweight, which is a >>>> big plus. >>>> If Sony are serious about competing with Nikon and Canon they will have >>>> to >>>> introduce a new lne of lenses. >>>> >>>> I'm sure that I'm not the only one on this list who is disenchanted >>>> with the >>>> size and handling of modern top of the line SLRs. I dread taking out my >>>> D800E/24-70 zoom for casual picture taking; back in Leica R days I did >>>> not >>>> think twice before slinging an R7 over my shoulder. >>>> >>>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2013, John McMaster wrote: >>>> >>>>> Interesting, Sony will have to produce a whole new range of lenses >>>>> unless >>>> Alpha ones fit - then what does NEX offer over DSLRs? >>>>> >>>>> john >>>>> >>>>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >>