Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very sorry Sonny. Interesting though about the "sonny boy". When I was growing up, some called me Bobby Boy... So youthful... perhaps I should go back to that... On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler