Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Except that it will fit nearly every 35mm lens in the book, LTM, M, and R, as well as the native ones. and the 35 2.8 T* is not too big, larger than a sumicron. The 55 and 35 may not be crazy interesting, but taken as a package with the camera, they are pretty sweet. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jim Laurel (gmail) <jplaurel at gmail.com>wrote: > I wish someone could explain all the hype around the Sony A7 twins. Ok, I > get that it's a full frame mirrorless and that puts it in an exclusive club > with just two members, alongside the M240. I understand everyone's desire > for a full frame platform for mounting legacy glass. But as a system in its > own right, I don't get it. Sure, the body is small, but so what? Lenses > that produce an image circle suitable for a full frame sensor are going to > be just as large as, say, the Canon system. At the end of the day, your bag > is going to weigh nearly as much as any other full frame system. You're > only saving a ounces on the body. And that assumes that there are > interesting native mount lenses for the A7, which there aren't...not yet, > anyway... > > --Jim > > > On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:55 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > I came into the photo game after they put in the click stops so I hadn't > > done much shooting at f 2.7 or f9 or 101st of a second.! > > Things were pretty much rounded off for me! I'd have a had a hard time > > getting my head around f9. Did it exist? > > When the A & P settings got put in camera bodies in I think the early > 80's > > I did use these and any odd settings as that's what the A settings on my > > cameras gave me. Though you could not see it in any metadata you could > > remember they were there!! > > In a way of thinking it was an added level of precision which I thought > was > > pretty cool! Of a sky needed 101st of a second that's what it got! > > Not some measly 100th just so the thing would go click! > > > > Is a one percent level of precision something I should NOT be worried > about? > > Sure! But I'll take it if they're handing it to me. And all those 1% > levels > > of precision on the myriad areas of camerawork add up I should think. > > > > The major thing about auto settings is really about loosing less shots as > > you've got your eye more on the subject than needle or led's or controll > > knobs. Your not constantly trying to maintain your exposure you just know > > its there! > > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photographer > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA