Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just remember that Sony never promises it to be an M camera :-) On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > This is a comparison of the Biogon 35mm f/2.8 on the Sony v. M9 v. FE on > Sony: > > http://www.paulroark.com/Comparison-Sony-M9-Biogon35-FE-f8.jpg > > I don't have a Leica 35mm, but the Leica 28 f2.8, 24 f 3.4, ZM 18, and 21 > all show the same relative performance. > > Paul > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > > > Sorry, I did not mean to offend anyone. I was just basing my comments on > > the dpreview writeup. Some of the negatives they listed (slowness etc.) > > would be a deal breaker for me. However, I should not have jumped to > > judgement, having no personal experience with the camera. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > > > Well if it is a dog then it's a dog that can hunt, Nathan. > > > > > > I've been using either the A7 or A7r for the past few months. They seem > > to work very well. The Zeiss 55mm is perfect. I haven't tried the Sony > 35mm > > but my Leica 35mm f2 asph works just fine. I don't see the corner > > "smearing" either, but I don't shoot photos of newspapers. In the real > > world it's fine. > > > > > > Where things get great is with longer lenses. The 100mm APO f2.8 R lens > > does very well on this camera. I use a Novoflex adaptor for the R (and M) > > lenses and they seem quite up to the job. > > > > > > But I'm not a pixel-peeper kind of shooter. I got very good results > with > > a Leica 50mm f2.0 on my NEX-7 as anyone who has looked at the enlargement > > in my living room can attest. The A7r is substantially better in terms of > > how it handles and the images it makes. > > > > > > I actually think it IS a breakthrough camera. EVF's wont' get worse. > > They'll get a lot better. Sony will, I suspect, hear the critiques of the > > current cameras and make better ones. I'll be able to buy those and STILL > > not have spent what I would have to spend for an M. So, for me, for the > way > > I work, for the images I make, it's just fine. > > > > > > It's not a rangefinder. It's not (gasp) a Leica. But it's a very good > > and very useful camera for me. > > > > > > Your mileage may vary. > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > On 2014 Feb 18, at 11:42 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Sounds like a dog, when reading the cons. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto