Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:32:32 -0500
References: <D59E7A08-5391-4E18-9732-9809D059C33D@bex.net>

Well, the house image on the left is much sharper and has more contrast 
than the one on the right, plus the left image seems to have captured a 
UFO.  Therefore it is the one on the left.

Ken

On 3/25/2012 5:04 PM, Howard Ritter wrote:
> I got an NEX-7 a few days ago (at, of all places, Ritz Camera in Orlando! 
> Same price as Sony, B&H, and Amazon, none of whom had it in stock or in 
> sight) and wanted to do a comparison. The camera's a little jewel, and the 
> 2.4 Mpix OLED TTL in-body finder, which is one of the reasons why I chose 
> this camera, is great. The hinged LCD view screen gives a beautiful 
> picture too.
>
> I took pictures of the same scene with both cameras for comparison, and 
> curious to know how they perform at the limits of enlargement, cropped 
> each down to the central ? or so of the frame. The NEX-7's kit lens was at 
> 55mm (82.5mm equiv) and the M9 wore the 90mm asph Summicron. I created a 
> side-by-side montage and posted it for the curious:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/desktop_001/NEX7-M9+comp.jpg.html
>
> I was surprised by the results, as I imagine we all will be. I'll reveal 
> which frame came from which camera in a couple of days (or email me off 
> list if you can't wait).
>
> I also posted a target-of-opportunity snap I took with the NEX-7 earlier 
> while standing in the cold back in Ohio waiting for my son to complete his 
> bicycle race. Not immortal landscape photography, but interesting 
> transitions in brightness of the blossoms and the sky, their gradients 
> moving in opposite directions, with a resultant swap in their contrast.
>
> ?howard
>
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