Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aren't there a lot if reported issues with adapted lenses? The Leica M primes, at least, seem to perform much better on the M240 than on the A7. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 20, 2014, at 15:38, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > Except that it will fit nearly every 35mm lens in the book, LTM, M, and R, > as well as the native ones. and the 35 2.8 T* is not too big, larger than > a sumicron. > > The 55 and 35 may not be crazy interesting, but taken as a package with the > camera, they are pretty sweet. > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jim Laurel (gmail) <jplaurel at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> I wish someone could explain all the hype around the Sony A7 twins. Ok, I >> get that it's a full frame mirrorless and that puts it in an exclusive >> club >> with just two members, alongside the M240. I understand everyone's desire >> for a full frame platform for mounting legacy glass. But as a system in >> its >> own right, I don't get it. Sure, the body is small, but so what? Lenses >> that produce an image circle suitable for a full frame sensor are going to >> be just as large as, say, the Canon system. At the end of the day, your >> bag >> is going to weigh nearly as much as any other full frame system. You're >> only saving a ounces on the body. And that assumes that there are >> interesting native mount lenses for the A7, which there aren't...not yet, >> anyway... >> >> --Jim >> >> >>> On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:55 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I came into the photo game after they put in the click stops so I hadn't >>> done much shooting at f 2.7 or f9 or 101st of a second.! >>> Things were pretty much rounded off for me! I'd have a had a hard time >>> getting my head around f9. Did it exist? >>> When the A & P settings got put in camera bodies in I think the early >> 80's >>> I did use these and any odd settings as that's what the A settings on my >>> cameras gave me. Though you could not see it in any metadata you could >>> remember they were there!! >>> In a way of thinking it was an added level of precision which I thought >> was >>> pretty cool! Of a sky needed 101st of a second that's what it got! >>> Not some measly 100th just so the thing would go click! >>> >>> Is a one percent level of precision something I should NOT be worried >> about? >>> Sure! But I'll take it if they're handing it to me. And all those 1% >> levels >>> of precision on the myriad areas of camerawork add up I should think. >>> >>> The major thing about auto settings is really about loosing less shots as >>> you've got your eye more on the subject than needle or led's or controll >>> knobs. Your not constantly trying to maintain your exposure you just know >>> its there! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photographer >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information