Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] D700
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:31:58 -0400

People scouring the internet to find one single criticism of the awesome 28
1.4 Nikkor will be grateful for this post.


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Mark William Rabiner
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> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:34:42 +1030
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700
> 
> No, this was the 24-120 f3.5-5.6 VR AF-S.  I didn't know it had been
> redesigned.  I got sent that one, the 3.5-5.6 on a review camera in
> April.  I have enough decent glass now that when I get Nikons for
> review I ask them to send the camera without a lens.  I didn't know it
> had been redesigned, but the new glass gets released in Australia a
> while, sometimes several months, after the rest of the world.
> 
> One sad thing the D3x made me realise is that my much loved 28 1.4
> AF-D is showing its age.  I always knew it wasn't as good as the
> Summicron, but it was starting to look rather ragged wide open and
> close up on the D3x.
> 
> Marty




In reply to: Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] D700)