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Archive 2019Mirrorless to Rangefinder transition
p.5 #1Mirrorless to Rangefinder transition
I don't believe the perfect camera will ever be made. What's right for most will not be right for some.
I still love my original MM warts and all though like I already said the new M10M might be a temptation.
I still love my original MM warts and all though like I already said the new M10M might be a temptation.
Nov 27, 2019 at 10:36 AM
p.5 #2Mirrorless to Rangefinder transition
airfrogusmc wrote:
I don't believe the perfect camera will ever be made. What's right for most will not be right for some.
Heck, what's right for me this morning ... may not be right for me this afternoon, tonight or tomorrow.
I'd love for a single body to be perfect for everything, every time ... but, alas the more I venture into different genre, the harder it is for "one size fits all" perfection. I tend to think that more narrow our niche's are, the more likely we are to find such an imaginary creation, for that application.
So, while one can be a Swiss Army knife, another may be a scalpel or a chainsaw. Which one is right ...
I don't believe the perfect camera will ever be made. What's right for most will not be right for some.
Heck, what's right for me this morning ... may not be right for me this afternoon, tonight or tomorrow.
I'd love for a single body to be perfect for everything, every time ... but, alas the more I venture into different genre, the harder it is for "one size fits all" perfection. I tend to think that more narrow our niche's are, the more likely we are to find such an imaginary creation, for that application.
So, while one can be a Swiss Army knife, another may be a scalpel or a chainsaw. Which one is right ...
Nov 27, 2019 at 11:29 AM
p.5 #3Mirrorless to Rangefinder transition
What I like about shooting rangefinder is the ability to see the environment and some movement in that environment then capture the moment that you feel is right for you. The combination of seeing, observing, and pressing the shutter become very natural process with an optical rangefinder camera. For street photograph, rangefinder cameras are better suited over mirrorless camera, at least with my own experience.
But as the MP race spread over to Leica M body (the next Leica M body is rumored to have 42MP), there will be challenges about focus accuracy using MF rangefinder lenses because any small amount of misfocused will have negative impact on image quality. That’s where mirrorless cameras are advantages.
For my own use, I felt the 18MP/24MP Leica digital bodies are more than sufficient. With good lighting conditions, the way Leica mapped M9 CCD sensor combined with Leica fast M glasses made M9 files very special, at least to my eyes.
But as the MP race spread over to Leica M body (the next Leica M body is rumored to have 42MP), there will be challenges about focus accuracy using MF rangefinder lenses because any small amount of misfocused will have negative impact on image quality. That’s where mirrorless cameras are advantages.
For my own use, I felt the 18MP/24MP Leica digital bodies are more than sufficient. With good lighting conditions, the way Leica mapped M9 CCD sensor combined with Leica fast M glasses made M9 files very special, at least to my eyes.
Nov 27, 2019 at 12:39 PM
p.5 #4Mirrorless to Rangefinder transition
RustyBug wrote:
So, while one can be a Swiss Army knife, another may be a scalpel or a chainsaw. Which one is right ...
That's when experience will show you which one works best for the way you see and work. It's a true rangefinder for me at this point in time so thats why Leica M digital is the tool I choose.
airfrogusmc wrote
I don't believe the perfect camera will ever be made. What's right for most will not be right for some. That's when experience will show you which one works best for the way you see and work. It's a true rangefinder for me at this point in time so thats why Leica M digital is the tool I choose.
Dec 10, 2019 at 08:26 AM