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 17:35:28 -0500
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I meant to say that surely the left image must be the Leica.

Ken

On 3/25/2012 5:32 PM, Ken Carney wrote:
> 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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In reply to: Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison)