Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In hand its like a slice of Wonder Bread. All air. Does not inspire much confidence. But interesting technology. For sure a consumer camera maybe not even Prosumer . On 6/28/13 11:50 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. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/