Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 19, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Sorry, I did not mean to offend anyone. I was just basing my comments on > the dpreview writeup. Some of the negatives they listed (slowness etc.) > would be a deal breaker for me. However, I should not have jumped to > judgement, having no personal experience with the camera. hi Nathan, I've been using a Sony A7r for almost 2 months with great satisfaction.....some of the conclusions in the dpreview seem shallow, specious, disconnected from the real world, to say the least, and beyond that, note that they gave it a Gold award, and a score of 82.... Steve > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > >> Well if it is a dog then it's a dog that can hunt, Nathan. >> >> I've been using either the A7 or A7r for the past few months. They seem >> to work very well. The Zeiss 55mm is perfect. I haven't tried the Sony >> 35mm but my Leica 35mm f2 asph works just fine. I don't see the corner >> "smearing" either, but I don't shoot photos of newspapers. In the real >> world it's fine. >> >> Where things get great is with longer lenses. The 100mm APO f2.8 R lens >> does very well on this camera. I use a Novoflex adaptor for the R (and M) >> lenses and they seem quite up to the job. >> >> But I'm not a pixel-peeper kind of shooter. I got very good results with >> a Leica 50mm f2.0 on my NEX-7 as anyone who has looked at the enlargement >> in my living room can attest. The A7r is substantially better in terms of >> how it handles and the images it makes. >> >> I actually think it IS a breakthrough camera. EVF's wont' get worse. >> They'll get a lot better. Sony will, I suspect, hear the critiques of the >> current cameras and make better ones. I'll be able to buy those and STILL >> not have spent what I would have to spend for an M. So, for me, for the >> way I work, for the images I make, it's just fine. >> >> It's not a rangefinder. It's not (gasp) a Leica. But it's a very good and >> very useful camera for me. >> >> Your mileage may vary. >> >> Adam >> >> On 2014 Feb 18, at 11:42 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like a dog, when reading the cons. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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