[Leica] Olympus XA (OT)

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I don't doubt the CMOS 1.5x crop beats the full frame CCD in the M9 in low
light. I'm afraid I'm thinking more about a Leica M the new one a camera I
would love to buy and use more more than the M9 from day one. And its CMOS
full frame should beat the pants off a cmos crop and with Leica glass that
certainly clinches it.
Never the less I doubt I'd buy a 7 thousand dollar Leica body an M9 and
leave it at home while heading out on the road. Leave it at home with my
Leica glass so I can shoot some new prosumer here today gone tomorrow toy
which is what? A bit lighter?  I'm more interested the images in my body of
work than playing with new toys every time I climb into my car for a road
trip.
What happens when I'm confronted with a truly astounding photo opportunity
and I have a Fuji in my hand and a 7000 dollar Leica at home in a closet?
I'd call that a nightmare I'd want to wake up from.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:35:13 +0000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Olympus XA (OT)
> 
> I have never really bonded with my X100, at high ASA it beats my M9 but in
> good light there is no comparison as far as I am concerned - this is from
> experience rather than reading web sites, unlike some ;-)
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> So, how many images have you made with the X100 since you know so much 
> about
> it?
> 
> Looking in my LR catalog, I see 1497 X100 images. Many of them are in poor
> light, and I would put them against an M9 any time.
> 
> I am going to Paris for a couple of days on Tuesday, and because I need to
> travel ultra-light, I am taking just the X100. I am sacrificing some
> versatility wrt. focal length by doing so, but I am NOT sacrificing any 
> image
> quality.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 25, 2012, at 6:07 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> The 800 dollar camera is in sync with the fact that its sensor is half
>> the size of the RX1.
>> This is the Leica list and we're talking about a high quality camera.
>> Its not a smaller then necessary format camera selling for the price
>> of a Leica lens shade.
>> The Rollei 35 and Olympus XA really could give your SLR quality.
>> If they were half frame cameras they could not.
>> The Fuji is a half frame in effect digital camera.
>> "quality" is not why your buying the camera unless your comparing it
>> against junk point and shoots.
>> And my apologies to those who bought the camera thinking you were
>> buying a piece of top pro gear. But it would not take a genius to
>> figure out a full frame compact was in the wings. And yes they cost real
>> money.
>> 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
> 
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