Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark: as usual you missed the boat with your off-topic red herring. Sony is not in electronic imaging just since they bought Minolta. They've been pioneers in television forever. Walk into most TV stations, or take a look at the cameras at ball parks, and you'll see Sony logos. We were shooting Sony Cameras at least thirty-five years ago. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Sony needs another hit like the Walkman. But in the photo world they are up > against companies who've been at for over a century not a fraction of a > decade. > Sony got into this whole camera thing when it bought Minolta . That was > 2006. Same year the M8 came out. The year I moved to NY. Kind of the day > before yesterday in this whole photography timeline. Nine years ago. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Alpha > But they made Cyber-shot point and shoots since 1996. > 19 years ago. I got lens caps older than that. > My point being they could go back to making Walkmans and forget this whole > boring photo thing entirely. Unless their new Walkmans also take pictures. > People just don't want to take their headphones out. Or put their > electronic > device down. > I think Canon or Leica is the smarter choice getting into a serous system. > Or Leica. As its likely that next year they'll still be in the camera > business. > > > > On 6/2/15 11:11 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Sonny Carter wrote: > > > >> It doesn't seem to have anything with age, according to the inter webs, > and > >> my camera only has about 5000 actuations, though it is about three > years old. > >> > >> At first it appears to be a dirty sensor, but if you look closer, the > effect > >> is more like when you have "floaters" in your vision. > >> > >> The fix is supposed to be off warranty free. Hope so. > >> > > > > I suspect it will take a little longer than the repair on the Sony. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA