Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/05

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Subject: [Leica] No Nikon Df here?!
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 17:56:54 -0800
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price is too expensive for what it does, there is no manual focusing aid of
any sort, this cameras should have had a split focus screen, better yet it
should have come with a leica r mount

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  regards, mehrdad


On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Richard Man <richard at 
richardmanphoto.com>wrote:

> Yea, doesn't sound so interesting any more :-) Not that I am a Nikon
> user...
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Actually it's all  AF, both SWM and screw. I'm interested, but perhaps
> not
> > as much as before the full specs came out.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Frank Filippone
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:30 PM
> > To: 'Leica Users Group'
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] No Nikon Df here?!
> >
> >
> > Yes, there are some features that the Df has that are really pretty
> > good..... if that is what you are looking for...
> >
> > The D4 sensor and apparently FW from same... which means the high ISO
> > performance will be good.
> > No movies (which I think of as good, YMMV)
> > Lighter than a D4, in fact, lighter than a D600
> > Size may or not matter.... depends.....
> > It IS significantly cheaper..... $2700 vs double that....
> > Uses AI or AIS lenses..... Not so sure there is full functionality ( not
> > AF,
> > of course) of metering modes
> > Uses SD cards, not CF cards..... Not a big deal, but can annoy some who
> own
> > CF cards.....
> >
> > But a big seller?  I'm not so sure.....
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> > Except it has the D4 sensor in a cheaper package, which is a first, and
> can
> > meter with non AI lenses as well - no use for both of us as we have a D4
> > already! I think it is a good street shooters body - smaller and lighter
> > for
> > a DSLR, with exceptional low light performance. I think they are taking
> on
> > Sony, actually. (-:
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> >
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Replies: Reply from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] No Nikon Df here?!)
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