Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It will be no better than the previous A7 with shorter Leica lenses, WATE being about the only lens shorter than 50mm which plays well and even then some were unhappy, as sensor is unchanged and best with retrofocus lenses.... john -----Original Message----- From: Bob Adler Agree. Curious to hear how it handles with wide angle lenses. Also specs seem to tout IS and in camera processing mated best to Sony lenses. Concerns me a bit if used with Leica lenses. Looking forward to Lugger real life experiences, Bob Sent from my iPad > On Nov 26, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > I have had cameras with IS in the past, and have always found that the > images with IS turned on looked a bit strange. There is no free lunch. > More often than not, I ended up turning it off. For me, at least, IS is a > feature in the YAWN category. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > >> On 27 Nov 2014, at 00:27, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: >> >> There is now a new version of the 24MP model, A7. Called the A7II ( >> 2 roman numeral I's) >> >> >> >> $1700. >> >> >> >> Has all the features of the A7 plus image stabilization built into >> the camera. ( plus maybe other features which I missed) >> >> >> >> Which means that ALL your R and M lenses now can have IS. with some >> limitations on the user friendliness... Talk about what Leica SHOULD >> HAVE introduced ... >> >> >> >> Not reviewed any place I can find...yet. Shipping Is rumored to be >> early 2015. >> >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> Red735i at verizon.net >>