Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Because Sony IS a camera company. They've made television cameras (that is, digital cameras!) for decades. Most people don't think of that when they dismiss Sony as a 'non camera company'. They have more experience making non-film cameras than just about anyone. Sony has long made the sensors used by Nikon, Pentax, and Minolta in their digital SLRs and after Sony took over Minolta's SLR division they began making digital SLRs too. Minolta's people work for them, so they're not really 'new' to that field either. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 10/25/10 11:46 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I wonder why it is that 99.9999% of photographers out there are using Canon > Nikon and about 3 of them are going to invest in an unknown entity from a > non camera company like this Sony system to do their work? > > Walkman > Home Audio > Televisions > These are known Sony entities. > > > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:58:59 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >> >> Gene, >> >> Then they didn't have a 900. Look for one. It's built like a tank, >> with magnesium alloy body and rubber weather seals and gaskets, unlike >> most of the others in the alpha series. A little noisy, but no worse >> than a D300. And you can use R glass with an adapter, I used my old >> 400 5.6 on it's shoulder stock today, and of course there's the Zeiss >> glass if you can afford it. A little noisy (photo-wise) at higher >> ISOs, but the noise is more like film grain, not objectionable at all >> to me. The kicker for me, besides the wonderful finder and the >> resolution, was always having IS, built in, which was extremely >> helpful with the 400. Imagine a circa 1968 Leica Telyt with IS. (As >> you can tell I really love this camera.) ;-) >> >> Jim Laird >> >> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: >>> Jim, >>> >>> No, it has been a year and a half since I looked at a Sony DSLR, no >>> dealers >>> in this area. ?The finders of those I looked at were not equal to the R8. >>> ?Going to Texas in December, I will see if I can try one then. >>> >>> Gene >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 3:59:44 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >>> >>> Gene, >>> >>> Have you looked at the Sony A900? Extremely good 24 mp sensor with an >>> astoundingly good viewfinder which reminds me of the great finders on >>> the Nikon F et al/Leica SL and SL2. Great camera although not cheap, >>> except by Leica standards. ;-) >>> >>> Jim Laird >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:55 PM, ?<grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: >>>> Already tried Canon with R glass and was underwhelmed. ?Don't care for >>>> Sony >>>> DSLRs, even less as I don't care for canon DSLRs. ?I'll take DMR with R >>>> glass anyway over the alternatives. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Gene >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 1:20:09 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >>>> >>>> Some guy on the GETDIP showed some pictures with a 900+ Leica R glass. >>>> Of >>>> course they are only web JPG so you can't really tell, but they look >>>> good >>>> and the person likes the combo. >>>> >>>> Someone should really compare these combos (DMR vs. A900+R vs. Canikon >>>> + R) >>>> for the poor suffering R glass users :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:16 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> I was thinking more like a Sony A900 with some Zeiss primes . . . >>>>>> actually . . . >>>>>> >>>>>> Marty >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone tried the Sony especially with re-mounted leica glass? I'm >>>>> tempted, but there are quite a few "downsides" etc to consider. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> alastair >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>>> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>>> previous >>>> replies in your msgs. ] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information