[LRflex] Re: anne...
- From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Leica Reflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:05:53 -0500
The M240 does take R lenses.
Tina
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> On Jan 18, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> The fatal flaw so far hasn't killed me dead yet, and I'm shooting a
> summilux.
>
> I rarely shoot a frame that doesn't get cropped, so maybe I would be
> cropping the fatality right out of my shot anyhow, maybe not.
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> since all photography is cropping, I guess we are all suffering a fatal
> disease.
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> and btw, the fatal law in the M system is that the M cameras don't take R
> glass...
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> s
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> I even put a 24mm Nikkor on it and it looks pretty dang good. Sadly the
> rear element is damaged some, so it is not really usable.
>
> I like that I can focus a bright viewfinder in a dark room at f 8 or f 11,
> something I never was able to do before with any camera. Focus assist and
> auto iso is a near miracle.
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> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
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>> Thanks for noting that it's an R lens, I'd just assumed it was M mount. I
>> have both kinds in my gear cabinet which I use on my M8 and my EOS 1DmkII
>> respectively. The problem I am going to have to face sooner or later is how
>> to keep shooting once the progression my retinopathy renders rangefinders
>> useless for me. Potentially the 1D, too for that matter.
>>
>> Truth be told, my M lenses only go as wide as 40mm so the "fatal flaw"
>> being laid (thrown, stabbed?) against the Sony A7/7r's by some in
>> Leica-Lover-Land is utterly irrelevant for me.
>>
>>
>> Richard in Michigan
>> * __________________________________________*
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>> *" It's never too late to realize how stupid you are."*
>> * - W. Corso*
>> * __________________________________________*
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>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>> Steve,
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>> all I can say is WOW. I'm awestruck. Wow.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing. Guess when I can't use my M8 anymore I think I have a
>> good indication of what I'll be reaching for to put my Leica glass upon.
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks Richard, does a nice job...note this is an R lens on the Sony
>> A7r....
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>>
>> Steve
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>>
>> Richard in Michigan
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>> There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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>> - Victor Hugo
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>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/annejw.jpg.html
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>> Leica R Summicron 90mm f2 on Sony A7r
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>> thanks,
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>>
>>
>> Steve
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> Sonny
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