Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/20

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Subject: [Leica] OT - Sony Alpha 7R
From: dankhong at gmail.com (Dan Khong)
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:24:04 +0800
References: <CF2BB9E0.185C5%mark@rabinergroup.com> <5321466E-C881-40C2-AB08-4C66A30B3654@gmail.com>

It's cheaper at about 1/5 the price of a Leica M and works nicely if one 
wants to play with M lenses and achieve full frame images.

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> On 21 Feb, 2014, at 4:48 am, "Jim Laurel (gmail)" <jplaurel at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 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/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] OT - Sony Alpha 7R)
Message from jplaurel at gmail.com (Jim Laurel (gmail)) ([Leica] OT - Sony Alpha 7R)