Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/07

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Subject: [Leica] SL redux, end of story
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 11:09:49 -0500
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> On May 7, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> The Sony a7-series cameras are a mix of curse and blessings IMHO. The 
> menus can be baffling & confounding, the buttons & other controls too 
> fiddle and difficult to use when wearing gloves. 
> 
> OTOH the image quality the sensor can provide is outstanding, the ability 
> to use other makers? lenses is unmatched in SLR-land and the additional 
> WYSIWYG dimension of the EVF is mind-altering. The AF of most models (a9 
> excepted) isn?t up to the standards of the best SLR cameras OTOH since the 
> AF is on the sensor there?s never any front-focus, back-focus or AF 
> micro-adjustment unless using one of the Sony adapters for A-mount lenses.
> 
> Beginning with the a7II the full-frame E-mount cameras have a stabilized 
> sensor that works with adapted lenses such as Leica-R.
> 
> I?ve found that the a7rII?s 42MP results in much less aliasing in fine 
> feather detail. YMMV.

thank you

fond regards,

George

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