Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 25, 2012, at 3:04 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. so the left image is likely the Nex 7 sharper, contrastier, cheaper..... say, how come you buy first, test second? Steve > 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