Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will definitely check it out! Thanks Ken. I still have my, my father's, and my grandfather's vinyl. I need to overhaul my Linn and put them on occasionally. That's the real deal! Best, Bob On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Bob Adler