Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:50:33 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
 
Steve Barbour wrote:

>On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:26 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Having to plunk down another $400-$500 for a viewfinder would be a deal 
>> breaker for me. I cannot shoot a camera outdoors while squinting at an 
>> LCD. 
>
>
>love to get your take, and that of Doug Herr on the sony alpha A 99...
>

I'd love to demo the A99.  As I understand it the translucent mirror is used 
only for phase-detect AF and is removable.  Unfortunately not a lot of 
native-mount long lenses made for it yet, and the performance of the Sony 
1.4x and especially 2x extenders seems to be somewhat underwhelming.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)
Reply from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)