Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] About the Sony and the Leica M
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:21:33 +0530
References: <05FE7415-9641-4365-9679-D88BB3F4258B@gmail.com>

Precisely the way to purchase, use and enjoy cameras. I am with you on
your approach, it is similar to mine, except that I keep two full
systems for different subjects- Nikon & Fuji. The only thing we differ
on is that I like to use system lenses made for the body I am using,
because my eyes find it difficult to focus manually, and I need
autofocus.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> They both are transition platforms, and if we spend our money on them we 
> should be willing to see something more wonderful come out sooner than we 
> want.
>
> In my case, I was more willing to part with $2200 to buy the Sony than to 
> take a bath on a trade on my fairly recently acquired M9.  This way, I 
> still have the Leica.
>
> As I stated elsewhere, I found the Olympus solution to live view that 
> Leica adopted a deal breaker back when I was shooting m4/3 as a solution 
> to Leica R lens use.
>
> With grandchildren, cats and flowers, I knew I could never hang onto that 
> rig and do what I wanted.
>
> I also yearned for a tilting back screen.
>
> I wanted ISO usable up into at least 8000.
>
> I wanted to be able to use some of my favorite oldie character lenses 
> again, not just the R and M, but my Nikkors, and I even have a Konica f1.2 
> I can play with, not to mention some of the antiques for my Edixa.
>
> It might be fun to do this instead of shoveling them into a box and 
> shipping them to KEH for a hundred bucks.
>
> Guess what?  I'm doing all that.
>
> Mostly though, I shoot with the Sonnars that were designed for the camera, 
> because they perform so dang good.
>
> I've been doing some reaching lately in the style of my work, and happily, 
> the camera lends itself to that, I think.
>
> Thanks for reading, if you did.
> Sonny
>
> www.sonc.com/look
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] About the Sony and the Leica M)
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