Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:54:47 -0700
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On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> Steve Barbour wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:26 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Having to plunk down another $400-$500 for a viewfinder would be a deal 
>>> breaker for me. I cannot shoot a camera outdoors while squinting at an 
>>> LCD. 
>> 
>> 
>> love to get your take, and that of Doug Herr on the sony alpha A 99...
>> 
> 
> I'd love to demo the A99.  As I understand it the translucent mirror is 
> used only for phase-detect AF and is removable.  Unfortunately not a lot 
> of native-mount long lenses made for it yet, and the performance of the 
> Sony 1.4x and especially 2x extenders seems to be somewhat underwhelming.


is there an adapter that would allow the use of leica long lenses, that 
appeals to you?

would that be a fit, an attention grabber?


Steve




> 
> Doug Herr
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> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)
In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)