Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]??? The NEX series already accepts Leica glass, you just buy an appropriate adapter for either an LTM, M, or R lens and off you go. Here's one shot with a 1955 50mm Summicron-LTM Collapsible and a helical adapter: http://exploratorius.us/2013/06/25/syn-ack/ And here are a bunch of shots taken with a NEX-5R using a 50mm Summilux-M and a helical adapter: http://exploratorius.us/2013/08/25/jewel-o-the-green/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/08/24/magenta-tarantulas/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/08/23/dancers-in-the-barren/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/08/21/the-barrens-at-dolly-sods/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/08/20/fencerow-beauties/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/08/09/adverse-beauty/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/07/31/boatyard-studies/ http://exploratorius.us/2013/07/25/early-morning-day-lily/ It works great. Mitch Zeissler === Website: http://exploratorius.us/ On Sep 1, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > I wish that they would funnel their billions into a digital rangefinder > camera that would accept Leica M lenses. A small Sony NEX that would > accept M lenses would also need an aftermarket add-on grip to make it less > small. And an accessory viewfinder. I don't need the face recognition > feature. I'm not Oliver Sacks. > > Konica was bought by Minolta which was bought by Sony (or at least the > lens patents were). So how about making a digital Konica Hexar RF clone? > Set it apart from the competition by leaving off the LCD back (doing away > with the morass of menus can only help, and please just use raw mode). > Give me a button to format the card, preferably next to the card slot and > battery slot. I don't need modes. Combining camera modes with Photoshop > plugin modes gives me 706,651,684 possible combinations between the two. > Just raw mode is fine. The highest noiseless ISO as a default is fine. I > don't want video capability; why make viral videos of cops behaving badly? > Do I really want to piss them off so they handcuff me and shoot my > well-intentioned dog? I don't want bluetooth. I don't want GPS. If we > wanted everyone to know where we were, wouldn't we love paparazzi? > > Jeffery > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA