Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have great respect for Paul and his technical abilities and his evaluations. ( and he is the newer owner of my son's WATE and is a great host). While I have read all about it, and taken many exposures with the Sony and all kinds of older Leica WA lenses, I just do not find the edge or corner color distortions to be an issue. I acknowledge they may be there, but since I shoot mostly landscapes or travel, the problems are masked or maybe better worded as covered, masked, out weighed, and unseen by the subject matter. I have seen all kinds of technically terribly images in the street and PJ images, and no one mentions the technical deficiencies ( focus, movement, color shift). But Leica/Sony combo gets hammered by this thin glass plus microprism issues on the Sony. I have contemplated getting the Kolari Vision Ultra Thin cover glass Sony body..... Maybe I need to make larger commitment to use the combination more often. (It is so easy to use native Sony lenses on the Sony body.... I do that more often than not) I just do not pay attention..... and magically the smeared color issue ..... disappears...... Delusional? Practical? Both? Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Paul Roark via LUG Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 7:23 AM To: Leica Users Group Cc: Paul Roark Subject: Re: [Leica] Erwin Puts farewell to Leica World Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > The ability to severely crop and still have a good number of pixels drove > me to Sony as well. It eliminates a lens or more. > There is nothing saying that you can not use your Nocti or 50 APO > Summicron on it either... Leica M optics are built for film or for Leica's digital model that has a very thin cover glass over the sensor. Virtually all other digital cameras, Sony included, have relatively thick cover glasses over their sensors. The thick cover glass causes a curved field of focus with Leica glass. The solution that allows most Leica M optics to work well on the Sony is to have KoloriVision install their Ultra Thin cover glass on the Sony. That is what I do. It works great. The older, very symmetrical wides still do not work, but the re-formulated 28mm works great, as does the WATE due to its retrofocus design. Paul www.PaulRoark.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information