Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bwahahahahahaha! Phil Forrest On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:52:24 +0200 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > It cannot possibly be "sharp as a tack" since it is cheap and not a > Leica. > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Apr 2, 2012, at 5:35 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > I also walked out of a photo store with a used 500 4.5 Nikkor not > > the most current version and dirt cheap and it is sharp as a tack. > > I have an OK 70-300 zoom and it is not as good nor has a tripod > > collar. So I try to use the 300 if I can. Its built like a steel > > tank. I love the tripod collar. > > > > Here's the moon at a 15th of a second during a full eclipse which > > it was fully eclipsed. It was very dark red. Darker than it looks > > here. I think at a 15th of a second the moon is moving but I though > > it was a viable image. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Autumndays/101221_034520.jpg.html > > > > > > - - from my iRabs. > > Mark Rabiner > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > > >> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:14:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens? > >> > >> Dr. Ted Grant wrote: > >> > >>> DID YOU EVER JUST WALK IN YOUR FAVOURITE CAMEARA STORE AND SAY? > >>> > >>> "I need a 35mm or 50 mm lens for my Leica M whatever and out the > >>> door in to assignmnet action with nary a concern other when are > >>> you going to pay for this? > >> > >> Yup (a Nikon 300mm f/4.5) and I got lucky. I didn't know it at > >> the time but the previous model, a really poor lens, had been > >> upgraded to 'adequate'. > >> > >> Doug Herr > >> Birdman of Sacramento > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 -- philforrest.wordpress.com gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest