Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is certainly not the case for everybody. A friend of mine who was, IMHO, one of the best motor sports photographers of the 70s and 80s, now retired, always selected any new lens he bought from Nikon personally. He shot a couple of films and recorded the serial numbers of the lenses he used. He selected the best lens after examining the negatives. All the lenses had passed final inspection and were in spec but the best was noticeably better than the average. Since he was almost always using lenses wide open it was an important difference. Frank D >________________________________ > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 16:57 >Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: large format lens vs. medium format lens > >There's also just putting the lens on the camera and using it. I do think >the odds of something being wrong with it are slimmer than god. >When I got set up for 4x5 in 1989 I got a? Calumet Cambo 45NX 4x5 from >Calumet and tried to get a Nikkor W 210mm f/5.6 which a few people I knew, >photographers, used. They were out and also on the facing page in the >Calumet Catalog were the Nikons at first cheaper than exactly the same >price. So I got a W 210mm f5.6 lens Fujinon instead. It was $490.00 was >would be the Nikkor. >I never tested it. I just used it. Pretty much the same technique any >photographer I ever met would take. >Buy the lens; use it. >if I picture comes out a little weird trust me its YOU that messed up not >the lens. > >Mark William Rabiner >Photography >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >