Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:45:38 -0500 (CDT)
References: <D59E7A08-5391-4E18-9732-9809D059C33D@bex.net> <4F6F9D00.1@cox.net>

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
>> 
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Replies: Reply from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison)
In reply to: Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison)