[Leica] The Q Leica

Sat Jun 13 12:22:52 PDT 2015

Good for you Mark, use what you can afford and works. Your work is very good an that is what ultimately counts. 

Scott

> On Jun 13, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
> I still have more than a full set of Leica M glass and no I've not used them
> in awhile. Leica is coming out with some excellent products to use the with
> the new Monochrom and the full color M with the serial number after it but
> me swinging seven grand for one of those bodies is  a wish which may never
> happen. I've never had a car which cost half that much.
> I don't really think of course the Sony's are junk despite being very here
> today gone tomorrow they cost 5 grand are gorgeous and are admiringly
> innovative. Its an exciting company Sony. And I forgot to mention admiringly
> compact. But a mirrorless camera and I'd love to see the figures on how many
> pros have embraced mirrorless camera bodies. I really don't know but I'd not
> be surprised if they couldn't  find a reason to stop shooting with the
> amazing DSLR's they're already using so they could old their camera away
> from their face and have used perhaps like myself for many decades. Were
> they broke and the mirrorless fixed them? I'm thinking no and the mirrorless
> is aimed more at rich camera aficionados though possessing powers of
> adaptability. Few people have such a negative view of Nikon that you have to
> have to go looking far and  wide for innovative ways to not use them to use
> their unsupported SLR glass.
> Right now I'm into collecting  new, cutting edge but not expensive f1.8
> prosumer glass from nikon I'm getting the 85 next week I  have the 35 and 50
> now and later in the year before next year the 28 and the 20. Despite being
> prosumer as in plastic the 85 has the better specs than the 1.4 and the two
> other 85mm offerings from the company. So I don't need respect I need
> lightweight compact results that I can afford as around 500 bucks a pop..
> Both the 50 and then now the 35 have blown my work away I had no idea I
> could get such a boost of quality in my work from a more cutting edge modern
> designed for digital optic even if priced moderately.
> There are times when my back goes out or something else goes out and I
> whished I had less of a ten ton body to shoot with other than the D700 I
> have now. I'm aware of new nikon bodies way lighter and a bit more compact
> and am aware that Sony is amazingly compact but I don't switch camera
> systems because they are behind in some aspect. They catch up soon enough.
> A Leica Q would take a load off my daily weight as I am never without a
> camera and that camera with lens is heavy. I'll be getting a new 28 later on
> this year I'm interested to see how the focal length grabs me as I'll use it
> exclusively till I get enough cash for the 20.
> 
>> On 6/13/15 7:52 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> 
>>> The Q Leica in the past 48 hours has been a major smash in all the major
>>> photo web sources with numerous in depth reviews and opinions on a real
>>> milestone event in he photo industry on the LUG the focus on the Q Leica
>>> thread seems to be "I cant wait to see what the EVF and focus peaking  is
>>> going to look like on the new Sony mirrorless piece of junk whatever and
>>> whenever that might be".
>> 
>> Mark, since the Q doesn't allow changing lenses it isn't useful to me.
>> Neither is it useful to those who want to use their Leica rangefinder lenses
>> on a digital camera.  Sony's a7-series cameras are one of several ways
>> (including one of the several digital Leica M bodies) one might use
>> rangefinder lenses; the Nikons you frequently praise on this list are not.
>> 
>> As I have mentioned on a few other forums a Q with interchangeable lenses and
>> an adapter to use R lenses would open my checkbook.  As I figure it using my
>> lenses on a 'piece of junk' that I can afford to purchase and maintain beats
>> not using them.  
>> 
>> How are you using your M lenses?
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>> 
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