Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour steve.barbour at gmail.com On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:33 AM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Doug Herr wrote: > >> I've noticed this too, and I'd still be able to use my R extenders and >> extension tubes (no mount changes!). It can also use FD, AI, pre-AI, >> EOS, G-type Nikkors, and with a few restrictions that mean little to me, >> just about anything else you can put on 'em. With the A7r at 36 >> full-frame, no-AA-filtered MP. >> >> I'd have to see for myself what I think of the EVF but from where I sit >> it's the only possible deal-killer the A7r has. > > While it may be a serious contender for long R glass; > the results I've seen so far when using M glass, 50 mm and shorter, look > horrible > everywhere but the center area. no kidding George, I have seen and taken a lot of images with the NEX 7 and wide leica glass, and honestly I have missed that... Steve > I'd guess it's the lack of micro lenses - or at least lack of the "proper" > micro lenses. > Really wish it were not so. > I'm hoping perhaps the tests I've seen are simply an anomaly. > Yet it seems fairly obvious that Leica M cameras are optimized for Leica M > lenses. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information