[Leica] Leica lenses on Sony A7

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

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Steve Barbour

> On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:23 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:
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> On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Doug Herr wrote:
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> I've noticed this too, and I'd still be able to use my R extenders and 
> extension tubes (no mount changes!).  It can also use FD, AI, pre-AI, EOS, 
> G-type Nikkors, and with a few restrictions that mean little to me, just 
> about anything else you can put on 'em.  With the A7r at 36 full-frame, 
> no-AA-filtered MP.
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> I'd have to see for myself what I think of the EVF but from where I sit 
> it's the only possible deal-killer the A7r has.
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> While it may be a serious contender for long R glass;
> the results I've seen so far when using M glass, 50 mm and shorter, look 
> horrible
> everywhere but the center area.
> I'd guess it's the lack of micro lenses - or at least lack of the "proper" 
> micro lenses.
> Really wish it were not so.
> I'm hoping perhaps the tests I've seen are simply an anomaly.
> Yet it seems fairly obvious that Leica M cameras are optimized for Leica M 
> lenses.
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> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
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> George's conclusion seems to be quite reasonable. Back in the dark ages of 
> Leica full frame digital photography, Leica published reams of material on 
> why full frame imaging wouldn't be possible without carefully designed 
> microlenses and individual lens coding. I guess Sony ignored the Leica 
> pundits and/or configured lenses which altered the light angle at the 
> edges of the frame. I have no specific knowledge of the situation except 
> for the comments of a friend, a former engineer at Kodak who told me 
> several years ago that Leica's microlens solution was effective but very 
> expensive. Except for the plethora of existing Leica full frame lenses 
> requiring a short flange to sensor distance, it was more expedient to use 
> reduced sensor sizes. Thus the M8, APC C, and micro 4/3 size cameras.
> Larry Z

Leica said many things that turned out to be wrong, so what is your point?


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