Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information