More colorful Sony-images

Just making my point. The Sony can produce great colors. The Sonnar 55 is actually an amaxin lens. m still not convinced that the crispiness is on par with the Leica M9 when its as its best, but close and definitely on par with the new Leica M.

I think the Leicas CCD still can produce some magic, but for 99 percent of cases, the modern 24 megapixel is better. To start with, the Sony is usable above 800 asa, and it does not screw up the colors all the time:)

What about the feeling? Can Sony compare to Leica?

I have lived with my new Sony A7 for a few weeks now. I got an adapter for my Leica lenses, but I have to admit I hardly use it. Manual focusing just doesn't work that well for me. Without Leicas rangefinder, I prefer to let my camera take care of focusing.
The big question for me is if the Sony/Sonnar combo really can compete with the excellent image quality I did get from my M9 with the amazing Summarit 90 and 35mm:s. There is something in the CCD sensor that just blows me away.
Here is just one example of what the Leica can do with a Summarit.

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The Leica mage is amazing in it´s quality and colors. But so far I´m more than happy with the result from the Sony. I have not made poster size prints, but I will order a few next week. From what I see on the screen, the colors, sharpness and bokeh are world class. No wonder that the Sonnar 55mm has been dubbed a Zeiss Otus lite. I can honestly say that the lens outperforms Leicas standard Summicron 50mm easily and it can rival Leicas legendary Summilux 50m.
What I have yet to determine is if the combo can deliver the same level of crispiness as the Leica. I know it´s close, but not 100% sure its on par.
Have a look here and judge for yourself.

Smart way to read magazines

Here is a useful thing for all of you that loves to read lot of photo publications. It quickly drains your wallet to buy three or four magazines a month. A nice solution if you have an iPad, Galaxy tablet or pc is the new Swedish service Readly, that just launched in the US. Think of it as a Spotify or Netflix for magazines.
You can read several photo magazines for only $ 9,99 per month, or SEK 99 if you live in Sweden.
Right now you will get titles such as Shutterbug, Popular Photography and American Photo. In total more than 140 different magazines are included in Readly US.
For Swedish users, Readly can access more tan a dozen Swedish photo magazines and in total almost 160 various titles.
I love Readly both since I can get a new magazine without making the trip to the store, and I can download as many titles to my iPad that I ever need before a trip, without having to drag a ton of paper.

Here you can find out more about Readly and how you get the app from different parts of the world.

Then how about the reading experience? Photography is pretty demanding, and we all want nice prints, don´t we. Im actually quite happy with how well Readly has taken the magazine experience to digital. Especially if you have an iPad with a retina display, the image quality will be excellent. So you won´t really miss paper that much. If you don´t believe me, trial is free, so you have nothing to lose!

Soon he will be reading digitally!