[Leica] My next Leica camera is a Sony A7

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Beautiful shots, great examples to use!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:
> Weighing in as someone who actually uses a Sony A7 & A7R on a regular 
> basis, with Leica glass, I have to endorse the ability of the camera to 
> focus well, especially in very low light conditions.
>
> Friday night we had a wedding rehearsal dinner in a very dark room. I took 
> the A7 (my M8 would have been totally useless) with a CV f1.2 35mm lens 
> (the Noctilux wasn?t a good choice because of close focus limitations and 
> I could only take one lens). I was shooting anywhere from ISO 16,000 to 
> 24,000 wide open or just a bit stopped down so I could pretend I had some 
> depth of field.
>
> The result was like shooting Neopan 1600, at least to my eye.
>
> Here?s an example, processed from color to B&W (which I had intended to do 
> from the start) in Lightroom 5.6 which includes native support for the 
> Sony cameras as have the last few versions. Frank might want to update 
> unless there?s a reason to hang around with the previous generation?s 
> software.
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Family/2014-Pauls-Wedding-Trip/i-Wj6r27v/0/X3/2014-10-31-rehersal_dinner-29-X3.jpg
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> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Family/2014-Pauls-Wedding-Trip/i-Wj6r27v/0/X3/2014-10-31-rehersal_dinner-29-X3.jpg>>
>
> There are more snaps from that dinner and from work the previous day as we 
> toured.
>
> Oh, here?s one of Ric Carter I shot at our lunch:
>
> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Family/2014-Pauls-Wedding-Trip/i-hdn2Msh/0/X3/2014-10-31-north_carolina_trip_friday-05-X3.jpg
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> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Family/2014-Pauls-Wedding-Trip/i-hdn2Msh/0/X3/2014-10-31-north_carolina_trip_friday-05-X3.jpg>>
>
> Ric is a great guy (but you knew that already, eh?) a great 
> conversationalist and recommended a super lunch spot (the Raleigh Times 
> Bar) where we enjoyed some seriously good lunch.
>
> I can understand why being pro any other camera but a Leica on the list 
> might ruffle feathers. But the new M is terribly expensive, seems a bit 
> fragile from reports I?ve been reading, and doesn?t do some things as well 
> as the Sony.
>
> I?m thinking Sony may be wishing they had designed the E mount a bit 
> differently at this point because it does place challenges on the 
> designers of future lenses. Leica had to work out its own issues with its 
> sensor to make it work well with its own wide angle lenses and even then 
> there?s a lot of software involved behind the scenes (ignore that man 
> behind the curtain?) to get it to come together.
>
> For me, I?m with Frank. Sony A7(RS) are my new Leicas. I?ll be buying more 
> Zeiss glass to complement them.
>
> I will say that I have no issue with focusing using the ?zoom? system. 
> Native lenses like the new manual Zeiss lenses, will dip into zoom mode as 
> you focus which works rather nicely.
>
> Adam Bridge
>
>> On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:24 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well there ya go. The Sony a7s is not cropped but full frame. It is less 
>> expensive. Maybe gaffers tape?  It is a premium product, being used to 
>> shoot films with 4k.  Sony imaging is what you are watching when you are 
>> watching baseball football and soccer (football).  And when you get into 
>> that driverless car, Sony will steer it.
>>
>> This is the camera you were wishing for on the LUG aloud, Mark, remember? 
>> By brand name!
>
>
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