Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, it's all theoretical right now. You may very well be right. Btw, landscape with tripod is a whole different ballgame. Think focus stacking, or long exposure which is my latest thing :-) On Oct 16, 2013 9:55 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Richard, > If it is price, I understand, but IMHO, it is still less than optimum > solution, IMHO Sony's native Zeiss lenses will probably be the way to > go - they are not particularly expensive, either. > > I understood the problem as weight, which made no sense to me. > > I would also presume that if you took a Sony/Leica based system, it > would cut your weight considerably, because you could get away with a > lighter tripod as well. By the way, the only time I was shooting > landscapes on my recent trip to Ladakh, I was shooting the D800E hand > held for the most part...(-: > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Richard Man > <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > Jayanand, when it comes to landscape photos where you are using a tripod, > > remember that the camera is just a box to hold the sensor on one end and > > the lens on the other. As long as the firmware does not mess up the raw > > date too much, then you are talking about a 36MP box that cost less than > > $3000 that takes Leica lens, It's $5000-$6000 less than an M T240 with > more > > pixels to boot. And when using on a tripod, any operational > inefficiencies > > is negligible. > > > > This is why I am interested in it. I have the M9 and I use it for > > landscape, but it does leave something to desire when my other landscape > > camera is now a 4x5 or 617. Even the Xpan is inadequate in that sense. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > > gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> So much lighter than a M9 or M240 to make a serious difference? I doubt > it. > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:39 AM, Richard Man > >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > >> > I bet to differ. For landscape photographers that do long distance > >> hiking, > >> > a set of Leica M lens on a teeny body with 36MP and focus stacking may > >> just > >> > shake things up a bit. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >