[Leica] "new" equipment

[wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)]

Got the Novoflex adapter, 280mm ain't 500mm.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
>Sent: Jul 16, 2015 10:37 PM
>To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] "new" equipment
>
>Why not get a different adapter and bolt your 280 APO up front?
>
>Novoflex has a good name and makes a R lens to NEX body adapter......
>
>Of course, if you have not yet committed to the Sony, you might be
>standoffish to buy an adapter that you might decide to not use........ but
>for full evaluation, shouldn't you try with the correct combination?
>
>Worth exactly what you paid for this advice.... 
>
>Frank Filippone
>Red735i at verizon.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On 
>Behalf
>Of Doug Herr
>Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 9:46 PM
>To: lug at leica-users.org
>Subject: [Leica] "new" equipment
>
>As some of you know Leica's failure to build a good solution for using R
>lenses on a modern digital camera have led me to look elsewhere.  The Sony
>a7II is looking promising so far:
>
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/calypte/anhumm23.html
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/laridae/hydroprogne/catern00.html
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/calidris/wesand01.html
>
>What I like: the a7II is a lightweight full-frame camera with
>readily-available parts and supplies.  I can buy batteries at Fry's or
>Amazon or B&H or eBay, for example.  It has sensor-shifting stabilization,
>the viewfinder can be configured to show me where white plumage is being
>clipped, and focus peaking is very handy.
>
>not so much:  the silent shutter mode has a 'gotcha'; at faster shutter
>speeds with a large-aperture adapted lens a dark band shows up on the upper
>half of the picture.
>
>TBD: I'm still struggling a bit with color quality.  The Canon FD 500mm L
>I'm using on the Sony is quite a good lens but the colors are dull compared
>with the 280mm f/4 APO (others might not see it, my eyes have been tested
>and I have good color vision).  Processing suggestions are welcome.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>
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