Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wish someone could explain all the hype around the Sony A7 twins. Ok, I get that it's a full frame mirrorless and that puts it in an exclusive club with just two members, alongside the M240. I understand everyone's desire for a full frame platform for mounting legacy glass. But as a system in its own right, I don't get it. Sure, the body is small, but so what? Lenses that produce an image circle suitable for a full frame sensor are going to be just as large as, say, the Canon system. At the end of the day, your bag is going to weigh nearly as much as any other full frame system. You're only saving a ounces on the body. And that assumes that there are interesting native mount lenses for the A7, which there aren't...not yet, anyway... --Jim On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:55 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I came into the photo game after they put in the click stops so I hadn't > done much shooting at f 2.7 or f9 or 101st of a second.! > Things were pretty much rounded off for me! I'd have a had a hard time > getting my head around f9. Did it exist? > When the A & P settings got put in camera bodies in I think the early > 80's > I did use these and any odd settings as that's what the A settings on my > cameras gave me. Though you could not see it in any metadata you could > remember they were there!! > In a way of thinking it was an added level of precision which I thought was > pretty cool! Of a sky needed 101st of a second that's what it got! > Not some measly 100th just so the thing would go click! > > Is a one percent level of precision something I should NOT be worried > about? > Sure! But I'll take it if they're handing it to me. And all those 1% > levels > of precision on the myriad areas of camerawork add up I should think. > > The major thing about auto settings is really about loosing less shots as > you've got your eye more on the subject than needle or led's or controll > knobs. Your not constantly trying to maintain your exposure you just know > its there! > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information