Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] Sony a7 and a7R
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:44:09 +0530
References: <CAH1UNJ00vEZ6i+mZVdNJChwvACLZt5nF0AssHocKvUK_Rmo1sg@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-FwiQt3jB_tLocCmJ-QaS0XaA6_nAs30JQd-0o91TmrBA@mail.gmail.com> <1E803CDC-88FA-4D59-B152-A4CCD078E662@archiphoto.com> <CAE3QcF7sSeX0bATrGb-xALqjEfqwL4+i+owK_bm3vbspGmuQMA@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-GV+WiRgu744KzSAtRx=Y3qYVXYr-H+SXARvB_6YUWb+A@mail.gmail.com> <CAH1UNJ1ki_W_7W-=rzH8+aRObcru=67JYVsJmpo9ozzFOV-AfA@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-F+ZMpNVCP2Jm_VE7XyT=a+itAHXaCpUDE1hjBnJW7AYQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAH1UNJ3bH4-H+h_SHxFWgxJwm-oNkxE1SKJk6duVqku58eo_fw@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-EFCE0p+uS=LMw03sCNZ9E-cKnC0qeco=BQq-+eCu6FRw@mail.gmail.com>

Here is another blog post on the Sony + Leica issue:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/10/two-reasons.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 
wrote:
> Well, it's all theoretical right now. You may very well be right.
>
> Btw, landscape with tripod is a whole different ballgame. Think focus
> stacking, or long exposure which is my latest thing :-)
> On Oct 16, 2013 9:55 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Richard,
>> If it is price, I understand, but IMHO, it is still less than optimum
>> solution, IMHO Sony's native Zeiss lenses will probably be the way to
>> go - they are not particularly expensive, either.
>>
>> I understood the problem as weight, which made no sense to me.
>>
>> I would also presume that if you took a Sony/Leica based system, it
>> would cut your weight considerably, because you could get away with a
>> lighter tripod as well. By the way, the only time I was shooting
>> landscapes on my recent trip to Ladakh, I was shooting the D800E hand
>> held for the most part...(-:
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Richard Man
>> <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>> > Jayanand, when it comes to landscape photos where you are using a 
>> > tripod,
>> > remember that the camera is just a box to hold the sensor on one end and
>> > the lens on the other. As long as the firmware does not mess up the raw
>> > date too much, then you are talking about a 36MP box that cost less than
>> > $3000 that takes Leica lens, It's $5000-$6000 less than an M T240 with
>> more
>> > pixels to boot. And when using on a tripod, any operational
>> inefficiencies
>> > is negligible.
>> >
>> > This is why I am interested in it. I have the M9 and I use it for
>> > landscape, but it does leave something to desire when my other landscape
>> > camera is now a 4x5 or 617. Even the Xpan is inadequate in that sense.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
>> > gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> So much lighter than a M9 or M240 to make a serious difference? I doubt
>> it.
>> >> Cheers
>> >> Jayanand
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:39 AM, Richard Man
>> >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>> >> > I bet to differ. For landscape photographers that do long distance
>> >> hiking,
>> >> > a set of Leica M lens on a teeny body with 36MP and focus stacking 
>> >> > may
>> >> just
>> >> > shake things up a bit.
>> >>
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