[LRflex] Re: anne...
- From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: liste leica reflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 06:57:34 -0800
On Jan 19, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The M240 does take R lenses.
truly wonderful news I think, so glad an M camera can use R glass, does this
work well, is it the R solution? Seems there has been very few examples,
perhaps overlooked. Lets deal with this...Any of the R shooters here shooting
R lenses on the M240, please chime in with your images, experience, practical
advice, opinions.
s
> Tina
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> 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:
>
>> 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:
>> 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
>> __________________________________________
>>
>> " 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,
>>>> 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....
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
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>>>> Richard in Michigan
>>>> ________________________________
>>>>
>>>> A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought.
>>>> There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
>>>> - Victor Hugo
>>>> ________________________________
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 18, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2014/annejw.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Leica R Summicron 90mm f2 on Sony A7r
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://sonc.com/look/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> 1714
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