Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, I don't think Sony can use Leica lenses without mount surgery. The mount is essentially Minolta, which is the same focus distance as Leica R. If you recall, many Leica R cameras were derived from Minolta body stock. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > Steve Barbour wrote: > > > >> On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:26 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Having to plunk down another $400-$500 for a viewfinder would be a > deal breaker for me. I cannot shoot a camera outdoors while squinting at an > LCD. > >> > >> > >> love to get your take, and that of Doug Herr on the sony alpha A 99... > >> > > > > I'd love to demo the A99. As I understand it the translucent mirror is > used only for phase-detect AF and is removable. Unfortunately not a lot of > native-mount long lenses made for it yet, and the performance of the Sony > 1.4x and especially 2x extenders seems to be somewhat underwhelming. > > > is there an adapter that would allow the use of leica long lenses, that > appeals to you? > > would that be a fit, an attention grabber? > > > Steve > > > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 USA