Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Precisely the way to purchase, use and enjoy cameras. I am with you on your approach, it is similar to mine, except that I keep two full systems for different subjects- Nikon & Fuji. The only thing we differ on is that I like to use system lenses made for the body I am using, because my eyes find it difficult to focus manually, and I need autofocus. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > They both are transition platforms, and if we spend our money on them we > should be willing to see something more wonderful come out sooner than we > want. > > In my case, I was more willing to part with $2200 to buy the Sony than to > take a bath on a trade on my fairly recently acquired M9. This way, I > still have the Leica. > > As I stated elsewhere, I found the Olympus solution to live view that > Leica adopted a deal breaker back when I was shooting m4/3 as a solution > to Leica R lens use. > > With grandchildren, cats and flowers, I knew I could never hang onto that > rig and do what I wanted. > > I also yearned for a tilting back screen. > > I wanted ISO usable up into at least 8000. > > I wanted to be able to use some of my favorite oldie character lenses > again, not just the R and M, but my Nikkors, and I even have a Konica f1.2 > I can play with, not to mention some of the antiques for my Edixa. > > It might be fun to do this instead of shoveling them into a box and > shipping them to KEH for a hundred bucks. > > Guess what? I'm doing all that. > > Mostly though, I shoot with the Sonnars that were designed for the camera, > because they perform so dang good. > > I've been doing some reaching lately in the style of my work, and happily, > the camera lends itself to that, I think. > > Thanks for reading, if you did. > Sonny > > www.sonc.com/look > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information