Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/09
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Leica M6ttl (still in use but limited to B&W)
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2n Leica M6ttl - - -> gift to my son
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Leica R8 - - -> sold to photographer for use with DMR
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Canon D30 - - -> transfered to my wife who gave it up for a Canon G8 now on
G11
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Canon 1Ds Mk II (still in use, but less than it used to be)
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Panasonic Lumix GF1 (very infrequent use but pulled out sometimes)
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Sony NEX-7 (being repaired/replaced by Sony after bike crash)
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Sony NEX-6 (new bike camera)
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Sony alpha-A7
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Sony alpha-A7r
It's a rule that I don't buy a camera that won't use my existing Leica glass.
The NEX-7 suffers from a horrendous menu system. All the Japanese cameras
suffer from a form of feature creep 2nd only to the US military's ability to
add unneeded "features" that get in the way of the prime task of the camera:
taking pictures. Leica gets high marks from me in this aspect of design. But
the new Sony cameras are getting better. I think they need to sell into
their native market which sees the lack of twilight portrait enhanced
dynamic range smile sensing anti-glasses reflected mode as a major
shortcoming. It must be cultural. Unfortunately they continue to inflict
this on everyone else. Sigh. <end rant>
I'll be working through lenses now that I have most of a life back.
Will my Leica glass be rendered totally worthless on the alpha A7(r)? I
doubt it. But I don't shoot wide-angle and I'm not a street shooter.
I can tell you this: they are not silent cameras.
Mountains don't seem to mind. I might have to be wary of starting an
avalanche though. Probably not an earthquake.
Adam