Re: [Leica] Nikon + Tamron revisited

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Dan Khong wrote:
>>> Over the last weekend, I was assigned the job of "official" photographer
> for my departmental retreat and "team building" workshop in the tropical,
> idyllic island known as Pulau Langkawi* in Malaysia<<<<<

Hi Dan,

The next time your company goes on retreat to Langkawi just tell them you
know this cool Canadian who absolutely is in love with the place and if we
fly him in for a couple of weeks he'll do the "Retreat shoot" as a
volunteer! ;-)

It is one location in the world I hope to return to some day as it's a
photographers paradise!

So after the lesson with lesser equipment, now have learned to only take
Leica in the future.;-)
ted









Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "D Khong" <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon + Tamron revisited


> Friends,
>
. To do my job, I
> decided to bring along my:
>
> 1. Nikon F90 + Nikkor 50/1.8 AF + Tamron 28-200/3.5-5.6 lenses + SB23
flash
> (all which I have not used for almost 3 years)
> 2. Contax G2 + 21/2.8 Biogon lens only
>
> A strange combination, yes. I was itching to relive my pre-leica days in
> which the use of my SLR was king. That was in the era till circa 1995.
>
> I shot 7 rolls of film in those 2 days.
>
> The Kodak 400 film was sent to my usual photo finisher. I just got them
> back. My reactions were:
>
> 1. How come almost all the pics lacked vibrance?
> 2. The colour lacked saturation.
> 3. These pics have no life in them !!!
>
> One roll had vibrance, life and saturation. The shots were taken with the
> Contax G2 and Biogon lens. This did not surprise me. The CZ 21/2.8 Biogon
> is a legendary lens capable of sharp, saturated, vibrant and 3-D effect
> pictures.
>
> The shots taken with the Tamron and the Nikkor disappointed me. I have
been
> so used to the quality that my Leica and Carl Zeiss lenses have been givin
g
> me in the last 3 years that I can immediately see the difference that a
> "highly rated" Tamron lens can deliver. The Nikkor did a bit better but
was
> nowhere near the vibrance and life that my "German optics" can deliver.
>
> The Nikon AF mechanism was a pain. For some strange reason, with the
Tamron
> at between 100-200mm focal lengths, it oftens hunts repeatedly for the
> correct focus. In the past, I would have have been more forgiving but this
> time, it turned out to be extremely irritating. In my mind, I wished I had
> my M6 with me to beat the irritation out of this mindless contraption.
>
> This experience makes me think twice about giving up my leica rangefinders
> for those "super duper state of the art" electronic AF marvels. I reckon
> that when I find that my eyes no longer focus properly, I might have to
> rely more and more on my Contax G2. At least, being a cross between a
> rangefinder and an AF SLR, the G2 will not irritate me when the focus is a
> wee bit off.
>
> Dan K
> *this idyllic island was into its hot season. Hot means sweating on the
> spot. I had to bathe thrice a day to get rid of the sweat. This drains
your
> energy and at the end of the day, nothing beats a nice cold beer.
>
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