Re: Leica SL images and specs. Looks somehow familiar...
telyt wrote: Mitch Alland wrote:
Doug, from the above I take it you\'re no longer shooting with the DMR, whose color rendition is stellar and which can be seen in what you\'ve done. How do you find the color that you get from the A7II, and do you find that you can get close enough to what you did with the DMR?
The DMR has put on a lot of weight and I have some persistent wrist and shoulder injuries that don\'t react well to mass so my choice was to use a lighter weight camera or no camera. The a7II + FD 300/4 L is half the weight of the R8/DMR + 280 APO.
I\'m still struggling with the a7II\'s color quality after using DMR/280 APO combination. If I had never seen what the DMR + 280 APO can do I\'d probably be delighted with the Sony.
OTOH one benefit of the FD 300 L is reduced color moire. It\'s well matched to the a7II\'s resolution after correcting for lateral chromatic aberration. The 280 APO cuts right through the Sony\'s AA filter. I still have the DMR but it\'s going to be sacrificed to help fund an SL purchase.
Hi Doug,
Perhaps having had the R8 and then going digital through a series of smaller format cameras with my Leica R lenses without having had the DMR may have made it easier for me to go to the Sony A7r and to work from Sony colors than you have experienced going from the DMR to the Sony A7II.
Like you I have wrist issues since 1993 when I broke both while I was hit by a car while riding my bicycle. So now I do not hand hold nearly as much as I might and I shoot mainly when my camera and lenses are tripod mounted (thought that was frequently my method of working prior to that). Add to that I had Quadruple Bypass Heart Surgery 2 years and 5 months ago.
Rich
Oct 24, 2015 at 09:56 PM
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