Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]watching what sony and fuji have done so far on system cameras, puts fuji way ahead of sony. look @ the great range of lenses available for fuji, and then see whats there for sony, even though it has been there for a longer time, sony did a great job with rx1 camera so i think they got the sensor and camera building down but when it comes to lenses, far behind everybody. so far all is out there is one ziess lens, 35/2.8 which is not that impressive of lens when it comes to specs. PS whats also funny is on the announcement of the new e mount lens, they referred to it as a carl ziess lens, while ziess had dropped the carl from their name ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 10:08 PM, 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 > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Looks like a full frame NEX, perhaps 36 Mpixels,is due soon. Details > >>>>> of a full frame E mount CZ 35/2.8 lens have already been leaked over > >>>>> at Sonyalpharumors.com. > >>>>> > >>>>> If the more extreme rumours are to be believed Sony will make > >>>>> electronically coupled adapters to take Nikon and Canon lenses. > >>>>> > >>>>> Anyone thinking of buying a Fuji X series camera might want to wait a > >>>>> bit to see what Sony releases. > >>>>> > >>>>> Akhil > >>>>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >