Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The images look quite good, Adam, and I'm looking forward to more of your impressions. May I ask where you obtained yours? My NEX-7 is due around the end of the month, according to Sony. ?howard On Mar 18, 2012, at 11:31 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > Here's a link to three NEX-7 images I shot this afternoon, hand held, > using the 55-210 kit lens. I also have the 18-55 lens. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1755286152&k=zWCpt5c> > > These cameras take a while to learn, unlike the M8 which I felt > comfortable with right away. There are about a zillion different menus and > settings, there are controls that work like nothing else on the planet. > It's a good thing I was shooting in RAW because I managed to offer the > exposure by a stop (I don't know how). > > I was trying to learn the nifty focus mode that Sony has built into the > NEX-7 where if you start to manually focus the camera will do a 3x or 10x > (user selectable of course) to the focus point to allow for fine-focus. > Good thing too, in my brief experience. The focus is close, but almost > never exactly what I'm looking for. > > What's nice about this mode is its ability to work with my Leica lenses. I > have a Novaflex adaptor so can mount my Leica M lenses and I have an R > adaptor coming so I can use the 100mm APO. > > The adaptor makes the camera a bit bulkier than I had thought it would be. > I'll take some images of it compared to the M8 and Panasonic GF-1 this > week. Still, it's a very pleasant camera. > > I LOVE the OLED eye-level viewfinder. It's terrific > > I'll answer questions and most more images as I get experience. > > Except for the learning curve, damn, I guess I'm getting old, I'm liking > this camera. > > And I've only shot 20 seconds of video of my feet and the back end of > Fia-dog by accident. Rolling my eyes. > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information