Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Geoff, It is easy to comment on new features. It is much harder to compare sensor output without having comparable bodies in hand. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Auto Aperture with R lenses on the new M via the Leica R > M adapter > I'm surprised to not see any posts on the M itself thus far. > Still it may be 4 or 6 months or so before anyone actually gets one. Very > likely some will be in reviewer's hands before then I imagine. > I'll be very interested to see how the new sensor and processor perform. I > already have the very best lenses I want to use with it. I don't need the > other stuff myself but it appears to have every wished for option that has > emerged since the launch of the M9. > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 19 September 2012 02:12, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > wrote: > >> Due to the light amplification in the EVF, it might actually work quite >> well for low light subjects. Depends on the performance of the EVF of >> course, but some recent ones have been quite good even in very low light. >> >> Henning >> >> >> On 2012-09-18, at 2:56 AM, Topoxforddoc wrote: >> >> > I'm not sure that this will substitute for rhe DMR. Handholding a 180 >> cron in low light photographing concerts is hard enough with a top class >> optical prism. Using the EVF at 10x mag on moving subjects looks to be >> one >> step too far! >> > >> > Charlie >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > On 18 Sep 2012, at 10:44, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> That is how manual focus works on the 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras. I >> >> find >> it helpful, though I can focus tele lenses fine without since the depth >> of >> field is so small focus is obvious. Also with a tele or macro lens with >> the >> 10x magnification it is impossible to hand hold still enough to focus >> IME. >> >> FD >> >> >> >> On 18 Sep, 2012, at 00:53, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> If the image is blown up ten times on the back of the thing which I >> think >> >>> they're saying I can see the thing making it possible to focus. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> >> >> Henning Wulff >> henningw at archiphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >