Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] Modified R lenses
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Ming Thein)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 05:37:35 +0800
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36052E95BB@case-email.casefoods.com>

You're right, there is something special there. I hope the newest  
focus assist system on the D5000 makes it into the pro cameras though  
- the exposure scale in the viewfinder turns into a rangefinder scale  
when in MF mode...

Thein Onn Ming
Sent from my iPhone

On May 28, 2009, at 23:36, "David Rodgers" <drodgers at casefarms.com>  
wrote:

> Here's a link to 3 recent images taken with 90/2.8 and 28/2.8 R lenses
> on a D700. These images were resized only.
>
> http://www.daverodgers.net/leica/image1.htm
>
> I've done real world comparisons of the R lenses versus a number of
> non-R lenses. I can summarize my findings in one comment.  Leica  
> lenses
> -- even the older ones -- are special. 
>
> Using R lenses on a D700 has minor quirks, but is pretty seamless.
> Obviously it's not for people who are wedded to autofocus, as a lot of
> people are today it seems.
>
> I do use the focus assist quite often, and I like it. I'm constantly
> amazed at the high ISO performance of the D700. It's a nice  
> combination
> when both camera and lens are designed to perform well in low light.
>
> DaveR
>
>
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>
>
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