Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/27

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Subject: [Leica] D700 50'cron update
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:09:47 -0500 (CDT)
References: <C6936B80.51EA7%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Actually R glass is getting hard to find and good deals are pretty rare.


On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> Jayanand,
>>
>> I understand your point. However, the concept of need is  
>> irrelevant. In
>> the end I don't really need to take photographs at all. I only need
>> food, shelter and clothing, and since I don't generate material  
>> revenue
>> from photography, one doesn't contribute to acquiring the other. :-)
>>
>> The reason I use Leica lenses is because I like using them. It's that
>> simple. But I've also discovered some practical reasons, such as my
>> batteries last longer when I'm not using autofocus Nikkors. Also,
>> sometimes I find the OOF areas of Nikkor lenses a little....for  
>> lack of
>> a better word, ugly at times. That's not an issue with the picture I
>> posted, certainly. But with some images I took a few hours later  
>> it was.
>>
>>
>> Dave R
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jayanand Govindaraj [mailto:jayanand at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:08 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 50'cron update
>>
>> Dave,
>> Nice shot, but why do you need a Leica lens for shots like these? A
>> Nikon
>> 50mm would work just as well, and one of them costs USD100 or so.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>>
>>
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>
> This idea of putting Leica R glass on a Nikon full frame digital body
> strikes me as an ideal Leica solution here being expressed by a Lugger
> actually doing it. Making images with it daily.
> Though Dave already was into Leica R and I'm not.
> Though getting INTO Leica R glass now is great as the stuff sells  
> for a song
> making them one of the better deals in modern photography. Or popular
> photography. I subscribe to both.
>
> I don't understand the questioning of a preference for Leica glass  
> on the
> Leica users group. I don't get it! Trick question? Rhetorical  
> something?
> Funny provocation?
> Me I would MUCH rather be shooting with Leica glass which partially  
> I think
> explains why I'm on this list in the first place.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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