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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: Sonny/A7R111
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:05:58 -0500
References: <06FFFF8F-4362-403D-B464-E6A6D47ECE38@mac.com> <CA5B6751-7B93-4A9E-AA1E-E0FF9765EE83@gmail.com> <CAJ3Pgh4Z=ExsT51Jgf3EHFzf3VkwZS+kCMbZBng_q8vSTtxF=Q@mail.gmail.com>

I have had good luck with both the 35 and 21 Summilux on the Sony platform.

On the adapter side one of my cheap adapters doesn't play at all well with
a Zeiss 15mm: those corners get real ugly.

On Feb 16, 2018 10:53 AM, "Paul Roark via LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> 
wrote:

> Be aware that the thicker Sony sensor cover glass softens the corners, and
> sometimes edges of Leica M glass images from about 75mm down.  The question
> is how obtuse the ray angles are at the edges and corners.  At 90mm I don't
> see a difference.  The 75 and WATE are affected in the corners but some may
> find them OK.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 10:30 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I use my pre asph summilux and a skinny tele elmarit 90 on the Sony A7r3
> > quite happily.  I also have a 135 R I like.   I?ve only had this Sony
> since
> > December, and I also still use my a7r2.
> > A drawer full of lenses ranging from micro Nikkor 55, to some soviet
> glass
> > all work nicely.  That?s mostly play, and all but the m lenses have eBay
> > grade adapters.
> > I use a Novaflex on the m lenses as it is a little smoother to operate.
> > I?ll really need some more time to wring it out as we?ve had dreadful
> > weather here and I haven?t been shooting much except flowers inside.
> >
> >
> > Sonny Carter
> > http://www.SonC.com/look
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 15, 2018, at 10:43 PM, Scott Gregory via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Can you comment about your experience with this body and using any
> > Leica lenses! Adapter to recommend?
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> Scott
> > >>
> > >>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 9:52 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> The A7r3 shoots silent and if you want the click it is nearly silent.
> > >>> Right in there with an M Leica with noise on.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 6:39 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> 
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On 15/02/2018 19:09, Robert D. Baron via LUG wrote:
> > >>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/
> > 02/13/is-the-sound-of-clicking-cameras-at-the-white-
> > house-nearing-extinction/
> > >>>> And there I am planting the seed in my wife's head of my need to
> have
> > an
> > >>>> A7Riii, and all the time I really needed an A9... Who knew :-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> If more photographers start using them, then maybe US legislators
> may
> > >>>> start to hear the sobbing from the mourning families of the victims
> of
> > >>>> mass shootings, and actually do something to ensure that they end.
> > From
> > >>>> over here, it looks like US gun legislation seems to leave a lot to
> be
> > >>>> desired.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Douglas
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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> > >>> --
> > >>> Regards,
> > >>>
> > >>> Sonny
> > >>> http://sonc.com/look/
> > >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > >>> 1714
> > >>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
> > >>>
> > >>> USA
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Replies: Reply from scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory) ([Leica] Fwd: Sonny/A7R111)
In reply to: Message from scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory) ([Leica] Fwd: Sonny/A7R111)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Fwd: Sonny/A7R111)
Message from roark.paul at gmail.com (Paul Roark) ([Leica] Fwd: Sonny/A7R111)