Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Navy's issued 24-120 VR became a manual focus only lens after about 2 weeks in Iraq. The zoom barely worked also, and the front optical group felt like it was going to drop out of the helical at any time. I eventually just taped it to 24mm and used the 50mm f/1.8 that Kyle Cassidy sent me while I was in Fallujah. Granted, the 24-120 VR was probably not meant for desert combat... This is a symptom of instantaneous pixel peeping these days I think. I'm guilty of it too. But really, if you had a Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 and a Leica 21mm f/2.8 pre-asph Elmarit, the Zeiss is the Leica's equal and with regard to some image aspects, it's better than the Leica lens. Even Erwin Puts has said as much, but in the mind of the Leica shooter there could be that question that the Leica might be insignificantly better even though it's almost 3x the price. I love my Zeiss 21, but have thought a few times about the alternatives... naa... my next project is to graft a Holga 80mm onto a Leica body cap and use that on the M9. I wonder what lens I'll code it as... Phil Forrest -----Original Message----- >From: kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at gmail.com> >Sent: Oct 23, 2010 1:50 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 > >i have the 24-120 VR and i'd never noticed anything bad about it until i >read a bad review of it and started comparing it with my tokina 28-70 which >suddenly seemed a lot sharper. i've done no tree-bark tests with it. the >24-120 has always seemed adequate to me without being outstanding, but i >use it less now with the predjuice of that bad review. it could all be >psycological.... > > >On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Mark Rabiner 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 >> >> p://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