[Leica] (SPAM: ?) RE: Sony a7 and a7R

[red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone)]

The noted article has this as a side comment....

"I put my Zeiss ZM 21mm ?/2.8 on the A7r we have here [Luke works at
Imaging-Resource ?Ed.]. I'm sad to report that color shifts were severe and
covered most of the frame. There was also severe darkening of the image away
from the center, way too much to simply call vignetting. I chose this lens
carefully, based on the experience of other users, to avoid this problem
with my early NEX cameras. It worked well, with visible but very minor color
shifts and vignetting. It stayed glued on my NEX-3 for years. Well, I just
saved myself a couple grand."

Sadly, there may not be a free lunch, after all......

Native lenses for a camera body is the most convenient and least compromised
solution.  The camera/lens combo works as it was designed, lens corrections
are present, AF and AE all work.

It just leaves me a bit out of it... I really want a Leica that uses a EVF
for all focusing..... 

Maybe the a D800e using lenses I already own is a compromised solution of
one type, or a A7r using native lenses I have yet to buy is another..... 

Or the M13 is my lucky number.....   

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net


Here is another blog post on the Sony + Leica issue:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/10/two
-reasons.html

Cheers
Jayanand