Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And there's "my" room in the HK YMCA: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Randomness/File1090.jpg.html in the background! Marty On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Beautiful image, Howard. ?Looks like a happy marriage of camera and lens. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:16 PM > Subject: [Leica] M/V Star Aquarius 90 Cron R on D700 > > >> Hi Luggers, >> The recent typhoon blew away all the pollution and Hong Kong was in >> ?brilliant sunshine on Sunday morning. We were up early with jet lag - >> ?just >> back from Vancouver - and walked along the waterfront. Here is ?the Star >> Aquarius coming into the harbour under blue skies from its ?latest >> gambling >> cruise. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2010_001/ >> >> I have followed the many postings about the D700 started by Mark and >> ?would comment that you makes your choices and you live with them. >> I chose the D700 and will have shortly rebayonted all my R lenses to >> ?leitax N mounts. Leica glass is in almost all cases the best one can >> ?get - >> but since DMR backs are a dying breed - to keep using R glass ?one needs >> to >> migrate the lenses to another platform. For my money, for ?my uses, the >> D700 >> is simply the best around and I do enjoy getting out ?and using the R >> lenses. For long telephoto work where quick accurate ?focusing is >> required, >> based on my experience last year with Jayanand ?shooting tigers in India, >> I >> have moved away from R glass because, Doug ?is absolutely right, you need >> the auto diaphragm feature to enable ?accurate wide open focusing and to >> maintain some depth of field. >> So, I have sold my wonderful 180 f3.4 APO and my less wonderful 400 ?Telyt >> and replaced them with the latest Nikkor 70 - 200 F2.8 VR and ?the latest >> 2X >> extender. >> These will get a workout, I hope, this coming year in Africa. Before ?that >> I will see how the 21 - 35 Elmar performs on the D700 and whether ?I >> should >> take it along. A concern for me is its lack of dust proofing. >> Cheers >> Howard (back home in Honkers) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >