Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was talking about the 24-120 mm Nikkor AF-S Mark . . . Marty On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Its been completely designed optically 4 different times. > Its like saying you don't like Texas. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: ? http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:04:18 +1030 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >> >> The new 24-120 is just as bad as the first one. ?I don't know if it's >> been redesigned optically, but it is cosmetically different and has >> AF-S and VR. ?When I tested a Nikon D700 that was the lens that Nikon >> sent with the camera. ?I thought something was wrong with the camera >> until I tried it with some better glass. >> >> I agree on VR; it's great. ?It's just a shame that subject movement >> makes it less useful for what I do, but a camera with built-in >> anti-shake and good f1.4 lenses would be nice. >> >> Marty >> >> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >>>> From what I know the 24-120 established a bad rep from day one but was >>> completely redone a few years later then completely redone again then a >>> few >>> years later completely redone again with VR. It could be ok by now >>> though I >>> like zooms which vear on the conservative side. But the 24-120 has VR. >>> And VR is a not to be an underestimated game changer. >>> >>> Voucher Recharge >>> Verification Requirement >>> >>> >>> -------------------- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> Cars: ? http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:19:10 +1030 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >>>> >>>> I don't like zooms. ?The 24-70 2.8 AF-S is decent. ?The 24-120 is the >>>> worst; the real dog of the Nikkor range. >>>> >>>> Just about any wide range zoom is hopeless for architectural work. >>>> >>>> Marty >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >