Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Mark. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8 Lens >I had in the late nineties found the use of a 60 macro very useful but the > nikon version is hard to manually focus and is bulky. AF focuses quite > nicely. I got it partly because it had long been Salgato signature lens > and > I studied hard a show of his they had in Portland and loved what I > perceived > to be the look. > > This now on SS. > > " His assistant almost quit on his last trip from the constant battles.?So > now it?s a Canon DSLR for him. 21 megapixels strong. But he is also > looking > at that new LeicaS2 with 37 megapixels.?And his ?film?? about 1.5 lbs of > cards." > > http://www.examiner.com/x-4887-Photography-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Sebastiao-Sal > gado--The-Genesis-Project > > > And I see Canon does make a 60 mm EF-S Macro f/2.8. > He could be using it. > Or some mindless zoom like the rest of it. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Lluis Ripoll <luisripoll at telefonica.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:25:24 +0200 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8 Lens >> >> Jim, >> >> I never had this lens, what I think is that you focus from escale 1:2 >> to infinite and you can reach escale from 1:1 to 1:2 with the adapter. >> I think is a lovely lens even for portraits. Some time ago I saw >> advertising of Salgado using frequently this lens. >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >