[Leica] SL redux, end of story

[Douglas Herr]

The Sony a7-series cameras are a mix of curse and blessings IMHO. The menus can be baffling & confounding, the buttons & other controls too fiddle and difficult to use when wearing gloves. 

OTOH the image quality the sensor can provide is outstanding, the ability to use other makers’ lenses is unmatched in SLR-land and the additional WYSIWYG dimension of the EVF is mind-altering. The AF of most models (a9 excepted) isn’t up to the standards of the best SLR cameras OTOH since the AF is on the sensor there’s never any front-focus, back-focus or AF micro-adjustment unless using one of the Sony adapters for A-mount lenses.

Beginning with the a7II the full-frame E-mount cameras have a stabilized sensor that works with adapted lenses such as Leica-R.

I’ve found that the a7rII’s 42MP results in much less aliasing in fine feather detail. YMMV.

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> On May 7, 2018, at 8:45 AM, George Lottermoser via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> On May 7, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> The elector-mechanical Minolta mount was replaced by a fully electronic mount with the Sony 6xxx (APS-C series) cameras some years ago. Different mount register.  Different size.  Different connections compared to the more modern mount.  THese all fit the APS-C sensor size of the older Minolta branded cameras and the SLR ( Mirror based) Sony cameras still being made today.
>> The old mount was called A mount or Maxxum Mount, or Alpha mount..  The new mount ( for the A7, A9,  and A6xxx series ) is called the NEX mount or the E Mount.
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>> To add to the confusion, some of the Sony NEX mount lenses are for APS-C  sized sensors, and will not cover the A7 full frame sensor.  None of this is actually printed on the lenses.
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>> There is a good treatise on the subject by a person called Brian Smith.....  look him for a really good list of what fits what. 
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> Thank you Frank.
> Do you have any experience with any of the Sony A7 series cameras?
> Without any brick and mortar stores it’s so difficult to determine if a a particular brand or model will work out in my hands.
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> fond regards,
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> George
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