Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, Funny that you spelled my name Sony. My chief engineer used to call me "Sony" all the time.... The story goes that when Mr. Morita was starting Sony he wanted to name it Sonny, because they were the young engineers. Wikipedia: He created *Sony* from a combination of *sonus* and the English phrase *sonny boy*, which "conveyed to him the youthful energy and irreverence he wanted at the heart of the company." (Because "o" is pronounced in Japanese with a long vowel sound, the connection between "Sony" and "sonny" is not apparent to English speakers.) On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > All good to know, Geoff and Sony: stuff I didn't know as just a consumer of > former products. I loved the fidelity of my Betamax: used to play and watch > great movies, esp. opera's, over and over. Had a very nice collection. > I guess once burned, shame on me... > As for the M8, I'm not sure that info was available to those of us not well > connected to Leica: not widely announced for what I recall. Glad to hear > it: Means my M240 may have a useful life longer than 3-5 years, though my > desire for the next best from Leica may not last that long :-) > > I guess the bottom line is that the Leica takes the images I want and I > love using it. Hard to say about most other consumables: my car does the > same as does the Alpa/Phase system. 2 seems to be plenty for a non-traveler > like me. I did buy the Fuji for Jane, my wife, which I can use as a backup > if ever needed. > > And I do love the innovative thinking of Sony and Fuji: I think Leica will > certainly use some of their ideas in the future. Will certainly be slow to > market as per Leica's long history, but it will be quality and Leica like > in handling no doubt. > > Thanks again for the education! > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > As far as Sony not making lenses; they do have an array. Six are out, > > (five and one nearly out,) but of course, they do have other lenses in > the > > lineup that will fit the A7x line with and without adapters. The camera > > has a mode to run E mount (NEX) lenses without vignetting. One of the > > available adapters translates autofocus for the A mount lenses to the A7 > > camera. > > > > 6 full frame full frame FE (for A7x series) > > > > 6 E mount (apc size NEX) > > > > 12 A mount (Konica A Mount) (will autocrop on Sony full frame > cameras > > > > 24 full frame A mount (K A mount full frame) > > > > 2 A mount adapters for E mount cameras > > > > > > > http://store.sony.com/full-frame-E-mount-lenses/cat-27-catid-All-Full-Frame-E-Mount-Lenses > > > > SonC > > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Bob, > > > > > > I hear your pain about Beta, but it was bettah. Funny thing, I had it > > at > > > home, and kept using it for my off-air recordings quite happily as it > was > > > head and shoulders over VHS. (I still have my machine.) We had a VHS > > > machine for rental tapes. > > > > > > On the other hand, in the broadcast field, by the early eighties, Beta > > > morphed into Betacam and became the standard for broadcast. We used it > > for > > > Electronic News Gathering for a long time and is still used for > archiving > > > in a many places. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> Indeed! I got screwed by Betamax and have never bought into Sony ideas > > >> that > > >> have their foundation in proprietary tech since. Betamax was of much > > >> higher > > >> quality than VHS, if anyone remembers. I'm all about quality (this is > a > > >> Leica list, yes?). Then poof, it was gone. My player broke a year > later > > >> and > > >> that was that. > > >> They came out with stereo minidiscs that were supposed to be the > > >> audiophile's dream come true for digital music portability. Gone in 2 > > >> years: poof! Glad I didn't buy into that. > > >> Fuji may do the same, but certainly seems committed. Leica has finally > > >> stepped up to the digital plate, albeit slowly and somewhat behind the > > big > > >> tech companies. But is sure is still around and still a quality > > product. A > > >> bit disconcerting with dropping support of the M8 though (did they?). > > >> > > >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Henning Wulff < > henningw at archiphoto.com> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > On 2014-12-03, at 12:12 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > > >> > gmail.com > > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Another interesting one - Sony vs Fuji: > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2014/12/the-big-difference-between-sony-and-fuji.html > > >> > > > > >> > > Cheers > > >> > > Jayanand > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > That's pretty much what I've always thought about Sony and Fuji as > > well. > > >> > On top of that, Sony seems to have this incredible itch to go off > in a > > >> > completely new direction every 6 months. > > >> > > > >> > Henning Wulff > > >> > henningw at archiphoto.com > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > Leica Users Group. > > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Bob Adler > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Bob Adler > > _______________________________________________ > 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