[Leica] About the Sony and the Leica M

[Sonny Carter]

The Sonnars that I use primarily are the system lenses and they are auto focus.  I use the summilux and the other lenses for a lark, as the focus assist is quite good.   Thanks

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> On Nov 2, 2014, at 11:51 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Precisely the way to purchase, use and enjoy cameras. I am with you on
> your approach, it is similar to mine, except that I keep two full
> systems for different subjects- Nikon & Fuji. The only thing we differ
> on is that I like to use system lenses made for the body I am using,
> because my eyes find it difficult to focus manually, and I need
> autofocus.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> They both are transition platforms, and if we spend our money on them we should be willing to see something more wonderful come out sooner than we want.
>> 
>> In my case, I was more willing to part with $2200 to buy the Sony than to take a bath on a trade on my fairly recently acquired M9.  This way, I still have the Leica.
>> 
>> As I stated elsewhere, I found the Olympus solution to live view that Leica adopted a deal breaker back when I was shooting m4/3 as a solution to Leica R lens use.
>> 
>> With grandchildren, cats and flowers, I knew I could never hang onto that rig and do what I wanted.
>> 
>> I also yearned for a tilting back screen.
>> 
>> I wanted ISO usable up into at least 8000.
>> 
>> I wanted to be able to use some of my favorite oldie character lenses again, not just the R and M, but my Nikkors, and I even have a Konica f1.2 I can play with, not to mention some of the antiques for my Edixa.
>> 
>> It might be fun to do this instead of shoveling them into a box and shipping them to KEH for a hundred bucks.
>> 
>> Guess what?  I'm doing all that.
>> 
>> Mostly though, I shoot with the Sonnars that were designed for the camera, because they perform so dang good.
>> 
>> I've been doing some reaching lately in the style of my work, and happily, the camera lends itself to that, I think.
>> 
>> Thanks for reading, if you did.
>> Sonny
>> 
>> www.sonc.com/look
>> 
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