Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/26

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.
From: rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:58 -0700 (PDT)
References: <C82302DB.62E37%mark@rabinergroup.com> <7BC4A122-DFF6-4FCA-A56A-B4DDFFBB4E3D@frozenlight.eu>

Hi Nathan,
I guess I am just dense, but why would the M8/9 not be as good a choice? 
Let's say with a 21 and a 35?in addition to the 45(50?) and 90?
I think I'm missing something...
Thanks,
Bob
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




________________________________
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 2:02:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.

Meanwhile, I have taken around 250 pictures during this week's visit to 
Boston (so far) with my dumb GF-1 and I love the results, and so do other 
people. I have used the 20mm pancake the most, followed by the newly 
acquired 7-14 (excellent!!!) but the 45mm and the 90mm Elmarit with adapter 
have also seen use.

And I can walk around all day with no pain anywhere.

Sony=Playstation

Nathan

On 26 May, 2010, at 16:54 , Mark Rabiner wrote:

> http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/1005/sonysensor/sensor_compare.jpg
> Double layer in effect couplets instead of in effect single lens eyewear in
> front of each pixel site makes for Sony being able to make the smallest
> pixel sights yet and still do well with image quality. The way it looks....
> Meanwhile it doest waste its time in sub miniature digital formats but 
> comes
> out with its tiny NEX cameras with 1.5 crop like the Leica X1 instead of 
> the
> dumb 2x crop cameras which capture the hearts and minds of the bulk of? the
> LUG.
> It's very cool and cute? and flat 16mm pancake 2.8 becomes a very capable
> 24mm lens for these NEX cameras. My advanced math skills tells me that lens
> would be a 32mm if? they were talking about the crazy useless 2x crop
> cameras.
> That said they could apply this two layer technology to these smaller
> formats and perhaps do ok. Next year. Nobody knows anything about it yet.
> But in Pict form it looks good so far.
> I'm very big on Sony.
> 
> The 16mm? pancake looks great but this NEX series is being mainly presented
> with larger front heavy looking zoom glass in front and with much talk 
> about
> its video capabilities to justify it. Very smart marketing and camera 
> design
> as far as I go. Real stocking stuffers . I'm ready for one.
> 
> http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sonynex5/
> Mirrorless like the Leica? Dlux series and the bulk of the cameras being
> used today which are not DSLR's. Though there is cross over.
> 
> We need such an option with M mount
> 
> And give me two layers in front of my sensor to make it quite able to deal
> with non retrofocal glass designs.
> 
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
> 

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.nathanfoto.com

Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog





_______________________________________________
Leica Users Group.
See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



      


Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.)
Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.)
Reply from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.)
In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Sony cleans up; takes no prisoners.)