Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, I see it as a prettier, easier-to-use camera that does much the same thing as my A7r. except the full frame except the internal viewfinder except the swivel screen. except the price On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > I think that everyone commenting is thinking " can I use it as a mini M or > a mini R10?" > This is really not what it is for and maybe we are not its target market at > all. We will see how many new people take them up from the iPhone > generation I think. > Kristian Dowling made a remark which really fits with my thinking on this > one too. It is not a cheaper M, if you get one use it with the dedicated > lenses. . For me that applies to the Fujifilm designs as well. > I was thinking that they might push the X cameras out of the Leica range. > But here the quoted price for a body and lens is nearly $5000 (no kit > deals). > So they seem to have put it squarely above the X2 and below the M range?. > I like the concept, it has some very cool features and is flat out > pretty...but not $5000 worth of like. What would I know, as mentioned I am > hardly their market. I was idly dreaming before of having this one for > travel and the S for studio (instead of my M and lenses). I think its now > resistable.. mental note not to play with one in Wetzlar soon. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 25 April 2014 23:13, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com > >wrote: > > > > > On Apr 24, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > > > > Wondering if it can take an R lens with an adapter? I haven't noticed > > that > > > in the reviews, but I was not reading closely. > > > > of course it can. > > I already have the adapter that mount to the M adapter > > > > Regards, > > George Lottermoser > > george at imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA