[Leica] Leica digital vs Sony A7RIII

[Adam Bridge]

I have an A7Rii and an A7ii.

I took the A7ii to Tanzania a few years ago with a Leitz f4 180mm R lens and a telextender. The five axis stabilization made a HUGE difference with this lens.

I am happy with the A7Rii which I’ve used for several years now. I use it for my fine photography with the A7ii as backup. I find it has a bit of color noise - but you certainly know this from the A7R - color noise seems common with Sony sensors.

I’d love to have the better battery that the A7Riii. The pixel shift is interesting but not that attractive to me.

I’ll be interested in how others respond. 

For casual use I’ve moved entirely to Fuji X-T2 which I love. Moving back and forth between the two systems really shows how much more Fuji understands the photographer than Sony does. Leica, I think, understands the photographer better than Fuji in terms of user interface experience but the gap is closing and I haven’t tried one of the newest Leica cameras - they’ve just become too expensive for me to consider. Sony is bad enough.

Adam Bridge


> On 2018 Jan 29, at 9:54 AM, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not to be disruptive but I am in the midst of figuring out which way if any
> to go.  I have been happy with my A7R and have dealt with the shutter
> bounce issues fairly well.  So, this model is getting long in the tooth.
> For Mark this is about the 5 axis stabilization, 1.5 to 2 stop better tonal
> scale, much better high ISO capabilities not so much newer and shinier.
> 
> Now, I am a very long term M user and truly value the ability to use the
> camera as a wow, click tool.  I have done very well with M's as a landscape
> camera and with focus stacking you can do amazing things with Leica.  But,
> the lure of lower cost, higher pixel count, image stabilization is
> calling.  On the up side my Leica wides will work better on the M platform
> than elsewhere without some interesting modifications.
> 
> Now, I am sort of locked into the Sony alternative as I have adapters for
> everything from Exacta to Contarex and just about every mount in between.
> Although I do truly appreciate the integration Olympus has done with their
> sensors and lenses; I have a very significant investment in a lot of lenses
> that would not benefit from the Olympus integration with their brand.
> 
> So, please chime in.  Especially Sonny who has had a III for a while and
> can comment intelligently about pros and cons.
> 
> Thanks to all for considering this concept we have all faced with varying
> platforms.
> 
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> 
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