[Leica] "new" equipment

[Don Dory]

Hello Doug,
While not quite as good discerning color as you I was only a point or so
below you.  The Canon 500 is probably your best bet unless you spend into
the Leica APO modular lenses which cost as much as your truck.  I would
figure out what corrections need to be made to color and contrast and just
apply a global  correct to any images taken with the 500 in LR or whatever
software you are using to do RAW conversion.  Once you dial in the
correction then doing a global fix is pretty easy to add to your work flow.

As to the Sony, I believe it is currently the best solution to someone with
lenses from several vendors; the compromise with the shutter is just one
item to deal with.  I have found that a decent solution is to set up the
highest framing rate and use three to five shot bursts; you will get one to
three sharp images at the downside of missing the exact composition you
envisioned.

For large dollars, the new A7R coming out should fix most of your concerns
but again at a large amount of money which brings up back to appropriate
compromises.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> I expect I'll have suitable test subjects for the 280 APO on the a7II next
> week when I'm camping with the grandkids.  My comments about the Canon 500
> L's color quality are derived from a few weeks using the lens with adapters
> on the R8/DMR.  Many people don't see a difference.  I do.  Based on past
> experience it's something I expected from a Canon lens; I started this
> thread primarily to solicit suggestions for better color quality from this
> lens.  The equipment choice is not in question IMHO.
>
> Before buying the 500 L I evaluated a number of lenses from several
> makers.  The top candidate among Nikon lenses was the 500P, which
> eventually was eliminated because
>
> it weighs more than the 500 L
> it costs twice as much as the 500 L
> it shows magenta/green fringes in OOF high-contrast objects and the 500 L
> does not
> the focus and aperture rings turn the opposite direction vs. R lenses
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: grduprey at mchsi.com
> >Sent: Jul 17, 2015 5:48 AM
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] "new" equipment
> >
> >Doug,
> >
> >Have you tried the 280 on the Sony yet?  I like the color rendition my
> Nikon 400mm f/2.8 gives, It seems to have more punch than the Canon's that
> several of my friends use.  Do you have access to any Nikon Tele's?  Also
> do you get the band when using the shutter in normal mode?
> >
> >Gene
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> >To: lug at leica-users.org
> >Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 11:46:25 PM
> >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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