Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So strange buying Tamron when you just spent a few bucks on a nice body ... Puzzled Philippe Le 14 oct. 12 ? 18:43, mehrdad a ?crit : > Geoff, the tamron on the d800e is a disaster, i bought and returned > two > copies of the lens cause the VC works in slow speed and the in medium > shutter speed, pictures were blurry and also the cam on both lenses > for > nikon were misaligned, u can chk this youself, put your camera in > liveview > and start moving tht aperture from 2.8 upward, u will not see > changes till > 4 > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Geoff Hopkinson > <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Don't jump to conclusions Mark. Have you actually shot the new >> stabilized >> Tamron 24-70 on one of your Nikons? Did you notice I said I tried >> the best >> Nikon 50 too? >> I've only shot about 500 frames with the Tamron on my D7000. It >> behaves >> quite well but of course the package on a dSLR is a lot bigger than >> anything on my M9. I have only just replaced that camera with the >> D600. So >> I was first interested in just checking the focus accuracy and >> speed of >> operation for what I am trying to learn shooting wise right now. >> Specifically I want to know what it does on my new camera at a >> moderate >> aperture, 50mm and subject about 2 meters away. The other lens I >> tried on >> this first play was the Nikon AF-S 50 1.4. I bought that with the >> D600. >> You'll be annoyed to hear that my initial pixel peeping showed me >> that my >> 24-70 AF is right on the 0 gradation of my focus target and the 50 is >> actually a bit out (20mm at 2m) and its focus operation is actually a >> little slower. I am not seeing any quality differences at all in >> these >> specific test shots as yet. In fact I think the Tamron has the edge >> currently due to that focus error i need to resolve. But I need to >> calibrate the camera for that and try again. Very early days yet of >> course. >> I have high hopes for that Nikon 50 on the D600 or I wouldn't have >> bought >> them. Actually I got them right now because some pixel peeping >> proved that >> my Summilux 50 ASPH has gone out of adjustment and is away for >> recalibration. It was last done in Solms in 2009. 5000 or so frames >> later, >> it is well out. >> >> Even more heresy, I got one of the new Olympus EM-5 (OM D) cameras >> as well >> ;-) >> >> >> cheers >> Geoff >> >> On 14/10/2012, at 11:19, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >>> You're putting Tamron glass on your Nikon and shocked that you're >>> Leica's >>> are outclassing your results? >>> >>> Clearly from the get go your Nikon use is a very low priority for >>> you. >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>>> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:17:15 +1000 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D800E pixel-peepers >>>> >>>> I have my Leica side participating and my D600 side lurking off >>>> list. >> But >>>> these Nikons need some really good glass, however good the >>>> sensors and >>>> camera processing, especially the noise management at high ISO's. >>>> Great >>>> metering, features and designs and the logical choice for many >>>> types of >>>> shots. I hate the flat, vague focus screen for manual focus after >>>> the >>>> KatzEye one I had in my D7000. Now Rachael at KatzEye tells me >>>> that they >>>> are finding the new high end Nikons impossible to design for. >>>> >>>> The best Nikon 50 and the (new Tamron stabilised) 24-70 I have look >> OK... >>>> until the next frame on my monitor that was shot with modern >>>> Leica M >>>> glass. The difference makes me weep. I think I'll sell the house >>>> and >> some >>>> kidneys and just get the new S. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Geoff >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 October 2012 00:44, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:54:58 -0400 >>>>> From: "A. Lal" <alal at poly.edu> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: 300mm f/4.5 Nikkor*ED AI price reduced >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> >>>>> D800E pixel-peepers lurking on the LUG? Surely not...? >>>>> >>>>> Well, >>>>> Jayanand and I don't lurk - we participate!! >>>>> :-) >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Howard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information