Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I didn't know that you can use the 50mm f/1.8D on the 40x body. I have the lens on my N80 which I bought for my wife long time ago. She has never used it, btw. I agree, the flowers are sharp. I especially like the fountain in the background. Is night-time your favorite time to go out? ;) -Pasvorn On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > f 1.8 and be there again with my lightweight small cheap 99 dollar gem the > AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D; > Which I have to focus manually on my compact and cheap 40x body. And that > does not always work out so well wide open as there is no ground glass no > low magnification. > It becomes a 75mm lens with the 1.5 crop factor. Giving your astounding > grabbing power in the package. > On this shot I had to check and make sure I had not popped up the flash. > Its pretty sharp this picture. At 60th of a second. Others in this series > I'd popped the flash but you can hardly tell them apart. > I see they get stopped down to f5 with the pop up and the iso dropped to > 800. > A full iso 1600 was required on the shot you are looking at. I go back and > check the iso the auto setting put them out. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100524_004152b.jpg.html > > > http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/ProductDetail.page?pid=2137 > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >