[LRflex] Re: Best Mirrorless camera for Leica and other classic lenses
- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 11:04:45 -0800
Excellent response.....Right to the point....
David addressed the market for state of the art cameras for the here and
now..... there are other DSLR choices, with limited adapters
available....Nikon lenses on Canon bodies, R lenses on C or N with rear lens
mount swaps, etc. The advantage of the Fuji and Sony body noted is the
thinness of the design. This is what allows the adapters to work. You
could buy a Fuji X-e1 or Sony A7r and bolt all your present lenses to it...
with proper adapters... and have a field day shooting with your legacy
lenses.... 1 Body, multiple camera makers lenses. ( Didn't we have a
discussion on this several months ago?) Imagine... Nikon, Canon, Leica M /
R /LTM lenses, Minolta lenses, Miranda lenses ( remember them?), Topcon,
Konica, New/Old Zeiss Contax, Nikon RF, , etc, etc,etc on the same 36MP
camera body.
There is one more option... wait!!
The introduction of the Sony A7 is just now starting to hit the market.
When ( not IF, but when) the market response is heard by N and C ( in terms
of lost sales of high end profitable cameras) they will flood the market at
every price point with EVF cameras. Will they be thin like the Sony? No
way to know.
My prediction is that within 5 years there will not be a mirror in any new
DSLR. They will all go EVF.
Frank Filippone
Red735i@xxxxxxxxxxx
Any camera with a short distance from flange to film or sensor (the
"registration", will allow for adapters. For Leica SL, the Canon and
Olympus
E series work. Those with shorter registrations - being any and all of the
mirrorless cameras, will work for R, M, and almost any other lens you can
find.
If you shoot "long", as I do, then the 4/3rds Oly's & Panasonics will do,
nicely. The smaller sensor (and thus it's 2x crop factor, is a huge bonus,
if you do wildlife work.
If you wish a bigger sensor, look at the Fuji XE series - especially the new
XE-2. If you want full frame (to take full advantage of any Leica W/A lenses
you might have) look at the Sony A7 & A7R units (just coming to market,
now.)
Inexpensive adapters from almost anything you can think of, to these bodies
are available on fleabay. Higher priced (and often better quality) adapters
can be had from Novoflex (Germany), but whether they are worth the extra
depends on you.
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