Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And it is noisy. Much more noisy than the M240. Lucien > On 20 f?vr. 2014, at 19:39, Jim Gmail <jplaurel at gmail.com> wrote: > > Aren't there a lot if reported issues with adapted lenses? The Leica M > primes, at least, seem to perform much better on the M240 than on the A7. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 20, 2014, at 15:38, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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