[Leica] Leica digital vs Sony A7RIII

[CartersXRd]

I live a little out of date, but perhaps my experience may be helpful.

A Sony A7rii and M9 currenlty share my bag—I find them VERY complementary.

Larger files if I need them, wonderfu color during good light, reach into the dark when needed. The Sony with my noctilux and a cheap Hong Kong converter let me see things my eyes do not. Other converters let me keep some old favorite lenses or pick up goodies (Konica Macro AR 55, Olympus 300).

Ric Carter
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> On Jan 29, 2018, at 12:54 PM, 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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