Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luminous Landscape compared the Nex7 to the M9 and found the Nex7 consistently sharper than the M9 using the same lenses, so I conclude the picture on the left is the Nex7. On Mar 25, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Well, the house image on the left is much sharper and has more contrast > than the one on the right, plus the left image seems to have captured a > UFO. Therefore it is the one on the left. > > Ken > > On 3/25/2012 5:04 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: >> I got an NEX-7 a few days ago (at, of all places, Ritz Camera in Orlando! >> Same price as Sony, B&H, and Amazon, none of whom had it in stock or in >> sight) and wanted to do a comparison. The camera's a little jewel, and >> the 2.4 Mpix OLED TTL in-body finder, which is one of the reasons why I >> chose this camera, is great. The hinged LCD view screen gives a beautiful >> picture too. >> >> I took pictures of the same scene with both cameras for comparison, and >> curious to know how they perform at the limits of enlargement, cropped >> each down to the central ? or so of the frame. The NEX-7's kit lens was >> at 55mm (82.5mm equiv) and the M9 wore the 90mm asph Summicron. I created >> a side-by-side montage and posted it for the curious: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/desktop_001/NEX7-M9+comp.jpg.html >> >> I was surprised by the results, as I imagine we all will be. I'll reveal >> which frame came from which camera in a couple of days (or email me off >> list if you can't wait). >> >> I also posted a target-of-opportunity snap I took with the NEX-7 earlier >> while standing in the cold back in Ohio waiting for my son to complete >> his bicycle race. Not immortal landscape photography, but interesting >> transitions in brightness of the blossoms and the sky, their gradients >> moving in opposite directions, with a resultant swap in their contrast. >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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