[Leica] Two from The Online Photographer

Thu Dec 4 08:06:48 PST 2014

Very sorry Sonny.
Interesting though about the "sonny boy". When I was growing up, some
called me Bobby Boy...
So youthful... perhaps I should go back to that...

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Funny that you spelled my name Sony.  My chief engineer used to call me
> "Sony" all the time....
>
> The story goes that when Mr. Morita was starting Sony he wanted to name it
> Sonny, because they were the young engineers.
>
> Wikipedia:   He created *Sony* from a combination of *sonus* and the
> English phrase *sonny boy*, which "conveyed to him the youthful energy and
> irreverence he wanted at the heart of the company." (Because "o" is
> pronounced in Japanese with a long vowel sound, the connection between
> "Sony" and "sonny" is not apparent to English speakers.)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > All good to know, Geoff and Sony: stuff I didn't know as just a consumer
> of
> > former products. I loved the fidelity of my Betamax: used to play and
> watch
> > great movies, esp. opera's, over and over. Had a very nice collection.
> > I guess once burned, shame on me...
> > As for the M8, I'm not sure that info was available to those of us not
> well
> > connected to Leica: not widely announced for what I recall. Glad to hear
> > it: Means my M240 may have a useful life longer than 3-5 years, though my
> > desire for the next best from Leica may not last that long :-)
> >
> > I guess the bottom line is that the Leica takes the images I want and I
> > love using it. Hard to say about most other consumables: my car does the
> > same as does the Alpa/Phase system. 2 seems to be plenty for a
> non-traveler
> > like me. I did buy the Fuji for Jane, my wife, which I can use as a
> backup
> > if ever needed.
> >
> > And I do love the innovative thinking of Sony and Fuji: I think Leica
> will
> > certainly use some of their ideas in the future. Will certainly be slow
> to
> > market as per Leica's long history, but it will be quality and Leica like
> > in handling no doubt.
> >
> > Thanks again for the education!
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > As far as Sony not making lenses; they do have an array.  Six are out,
> > > (five and one nearly out,) but of course, they do have other lenses in
> > the
> > > lineup that will fit the A7x line with and without adapters.   The
> camera
> > > has a mode to run E mount (NEX) lenses without vignetting.   One of the
> > > available adapters translates autofocus for the A mount lenses to the
> A7
> > > camera.
> > >
> > > 6  full frame full frame FE   (for A7x series)
> > >
> > > 6 E mount   (apc size NEX)
> > >
> > > 12   A mount    (Konica A Mount) (will autocrop on Sony full frame
> > cameras
> > >
> > > 24  full frame A mount   (K A mount full frame)
> > >
> > > 2 A mount adapters  for E mount cameras
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://store.sony.com/full-frame-E-mount-lenses/cat-27-catid-All-Full-Frame-E-Mount-Lenses
> > >
> > > SonC
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bob,
> > > >
> > > > I hear your pain about Beta, but it was bettah.   Funny thing, I had
> it
> > > at
> > > > home, and kept using it for my off-air recordings quite happily as it
> > was
> > > > head and shoulders over VHS.  (I still have my machine.)  We had a
> VHS
> > > > machine for rental tapes.
> > > >
> > > > On the other hand, in the broadcast field, by the early eighties,
> Beta
> > > > morphed into Betacam and became the standard for broadcast. We used
> it
> > > for
> > > > Electronic News Gathering for a long time and is still used for
> > archiving
> > > > in a many places.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Indeed! I got screwed by Betamax and have never bought into Sony
> ideas
> > > >> that
> > > >> have their foundation in proprietary tech since. Betamax was of much
> > > >> higher
> > > >> quality than VHS, if anyone remembers. I'm all about quality (this
> is
> > a
> > > >> Leica list, yes?). Then poof, it was gone. My player broke a year
> > later
> > > >> and
> > > >> that was that.
> > > >> They came out with stereo minidiscs that were supposed to be the
> > > >> audiophile's dream come true for digital music portability. Gone in
> 2
> > > >> years: poof! Glad I didn't buy into that.
> > > >> Fuji may do the same, but certainly seems committed. Leica has
> finally
> > > >> stepped up to the digital plate, albeit slowly and somewhat behind
> the
> > > big
> > > >> tech companies. But is sure is still around and still a quality
> > > product. A
> > > >> bit disconcerting with dropping support of the M8 though (did
> they?).
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Henning Wulff <
> > henningw at archiphoto.com>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On 2014-12-03, at 12:12 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <
> jayanand at gmail.com
> > >
> > > >> > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > Another interesting one - Sony vs Fuji:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/12/the-big-difference-between-sony-and-fuji.html
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Cheers
> > > >> > > Jayanand
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > That's pretty much what I've always thought about Sony and Fuji as
> > > well.
> > > >> > On top of that, Sony seems to have this incredible itch to go off
> > in a
> > > >> > completely new direction every 6 months.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Henning Wulff
> > > >> > henningw at archiphoto.com
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
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> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Bob Adler
> > > >>
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Sonny
> > > > http://sonc.com/look/
> > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > > > 1714
> > > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
> > > >
> > > > USA
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Sonny
> > > http://sonc.com/look/
> > > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > > 1714
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> > >
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> > >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bob Adler
> >
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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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-- 
Bob Adler