Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8 Lens
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:05:18 -0500
References: <C68BD29F.51947%mark@rabinergroup.com>

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
>
>
>
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