Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] Leica lenses on Sony A7
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 22:02:58 -0800
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Adam, there are non-Leica wides that are world class. The ZM 25/2.8 is one
of them.


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote:

> None of the samples of A7 and A7r shots that I have seen have rigorously
> specified how the images were made.
>
> In particular they don?t say if they are native JPEG files or derived from
> RAW files. This matters great deal.
>
> Until someone can do some serious work with a production camera, using
> production RAW file conversion, we won?t know a lot.
>
> I don?t own any Leica glass wider than 35mm and I?m unlikely to unless I
> win the lottery. That?s not to say that the performance of wide Leica glass
> on the A7r doesn?t matter because there?s a relatively large group of
> photographers with care.
>
> I think that R lenses should do well.
>
> But really, for all the talk, it?s meaningless until all the pieces are in
> place. In December we?ll have a much better idea.
>
> Until then it?s opinion.
>
> Adam
>
>
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