Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]J -- You missed a good joke dude. V On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Mark, > Nowadays built in sensor cleaning is so good that dirty sensors are > virtually a thing of the past. As an example, in the extreme dust of > Bandhavgarh (you have to see it to believe it, it was an eye opener even > for > me), Howard & I were merrily swapping lenses, I was putting teleconverters > on and taking them off and my ancient (by digital age) Nikon D300 still > does > not have a dust mark on the sensor. I change lenses as I wish nowadays, it > really is not a problem any more, I just program the camera to run the the > dust cleaning program whenever I switch on and switch off the camera. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > > Yep, subjective, I agree. Reportedly design overseen by an ex-Panasonic > > > employee (now Solms) who was part of the Leica Camera/ Panasonic > > connection. > > > He is a Leica screw mount enthusiast. > > > Being objective then, by my measurements the body is 11mm narrower than > > my > > > Leica IIIc, 2mm thinner, and 10mm shorter. That might be a more > > meaningful > > > reference. > > > > > > I woudn't buy or carry one in preference to an M either but they do > have > > > some unique qualities. > > > > > > Back to subjectively again, for me, it is much prettier in the metal > than > > in > > > illustrations and in a similar way to the grey M9. > > > YSAMV > > > > > > Your Subjective Assessment May Vary ;-) > > > > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > The Leica A in 1925 had a fixed lens. It was a success for five years > > before > > the Leica 1 came out in 1930 with the 39mm thread. > > But the Leica A was made for eleven years. > > > > People liked it because with no lenses coming off their sensor would > never > > get dirty. > > > > [Rabs] > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >