Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good for you Mark, use what you can afford and works. Your work is very good an that is what ultimately counts. Scott > On Jun 13, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > I still have more than a full set of Leica M glass and no I've not used > them > in awhile. Leica is coming out with some excellent products to use the with > the new Monochrom and the full color M with the serial number after it but > me swinging seven grand for one of those bodies is a wish which may never > happen. I've never had a car which cost half that much. > I don't really think of course the Sony's are junk despite being very here > today gone tomorrow they cost 5 grand are gorgeous and are admiringly > innovative. Its an exciting company Sony. And I forgot to mention > admiringly > compact. But a mirrorless camera and I'd love to see the figures on how > many > pros have embraced mirrorless camera bodies. I really don't know but I'd > not > be surprised if they couldn't find a reason to stop shooting with the > amazing DSLR's they're already using so they could old their camera away > from their face and have used perhaps like myself for many decades. Were > they broke and the mirrorless fixed them? I'm thinking no and the > mirrorless > is aimed more at rich camera aficionados though possessing powers of > adaptability. Few people have such a negative view of Nikon that you have > to > have to go looking far and wide for innovative ways to not use them to use > their unsupported SLR glass. > Right now I'm into collecting new, cutting edge but not expensive f1.8 > prosumer glass from nikon I'm getting the 85 next week I have the 35 and > 50 > now and later in the year before next year the 28 and the 20. Despite being > prosumer as in plastic the 85 has the better specs than the 1.4 and the two > other 85mm offerings from the company. So I don't need respect I need > lightweight compact results that I can afford as around 500 bucks a pop.. > Both the 50 and then now the 35 have blown my work away I had no idea I > could get such a boost of quality in my work from a more cutting edge > modern > designed for digital optic even if priced moderately. > There are times when my back goes out or something else goes out and I > whished I had less of a ten ton body to shoot with other than the D700 I > have now. I'm aware of new nikon bodies way lighter and a bit more compact > and am aware that Sony is amazingly compact but I don't switch camera > systems because they are behind in some aspect. They catch up soon enough. > A Leica Q would take a load off my daily weight as I am never without a > camera and that camera with lens is heavy. I'll be getting a new 28 later > on > this year I'm interested to see how the focal length grabs me as I'll use > it > exclusively till I get enough cash for the 20. > >> On 6/13/15 7:52 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> The Q Leica in the past 48 hours has been a major smash in all the major >>> photo web sources with numerous in depth reviews and opinions on a real >>> milestone event in he photo industry on the LUG the focus on the Q Leica >>> thread seems to be "I cant wait to see what the EVF and focus peaking is >>> going to look like on the new Sony mirrorless piece of junk whatever and >>> whenever that might be". >> >> Mark, since the Q doesn't allow changing lenses it isn't useful to me. >> Neither is it useful to those who want to use their Leica rangefinder >> lenses >> on a digital camera. Sony's a7-series cameras are one of several ways >> (including one of the several digital Leica M bodies) one might use >> rangefinder lenses; the Nikons you frequently praise on this list are not. >> >> As I have mentioned on a few other forums a Q with interchangeable lenses >> and >> an adapter to use R lenses would open my checkbook. As I figure it using >> my >> lenses on a 'piece of junk' that I can afford to purchase and maintain >> beats >> not using them. >> >> How are you using your M lenses? >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > 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