Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:40:11 -0400

I thought the other day it was a Sony A99  it looks like it and it was one
with a Pellix kind of thing going on. A stationary mirror.

But it was a low price point non full frame cameras. Sorry!
I think as I check it must have been the A58

I'm sure the full frame 99 which cost thousands is aimed at a higher crown
and feels more like black pumpernickel. From northern Russia. Quite solid.


On 6/28/13 7:04 PM, "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 28, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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 .
> 
> 
> 
> what camera are you talking about?
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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