[Leica] NEX 7 vs M9 comparison

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)]

Howard,
I would guess the picture on the left with the higher contrast and the dust 
spot in the middle of the frame is from the Leica.
I'm on the digest so others may have commented which I haven't seen (yet)
Cheers
Howard
On 26 Mar, 2012, at 8:53 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:

> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:04:45 -0400
> From: Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net>
> Subject: [Leica] NEX-7 vs. M9 comparison
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, MUGers at yahoogroups.com
> 
> 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