Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's cheaper at about 1/5 the price of a Leica M and works nicely if one wants to play with M lenses and achieve full frame images. Sent from my iPad > On 21 Feb, 2014, at 4:48 am, "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 > >