Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. I don't remember seeing any tests on the lens. But I did have one myself and I remember the first time I got a look at my first slides made with it and I was really amazed by the images it produced. Gene |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> | | "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> | | | Sent by: | | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| | | a-users.org | | | | | | | | | 08/31/2004 02:02 PM | | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> | | cc: | | Subject: RE: [Leica] Lenses without digital Bodies, Anyone? | >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Damn! That raises a really interesting question concerning nostalgia v. reality. I remember the classic Nikon 105 2.5 as an absolute killer of a portrait lens, a lens so outstanding I have been tempted over the years to buy one of the old silver barrel ones. Does anyone know what tests of the lens might suggest? Is it as good as I remember it - or was it just outstanding in its day, which happened to be my late teens and 20s, a period in which pretty much everything was outstanding. :-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hemenway Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:43 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Lenses without digital Bodies, Anyone? Why wait? You can have your older Nikon lenses fitted with a chip which will allow them to be used on the latest Nikon digitals with all metering modes. Jim > Nikon better do something bold because those of us who are > > sitting on a large inventory of Nikon lenses will not wait much longer > > for Nikon to produce a digital back for our film cameras or a decent > > full-frame digital camera that accepts our old lenses. I thought the > > Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n would be the answer but it had too many problems > > to be a "decent" camera. --Bob Fately (from a Nikon List) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information