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Subject: [Leica] (Now) Nikon 24-120
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:02:48 +0100
References: <CD254891.4135%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Where are you stationed now? thought you were there ???

AMiti?s
Ph


Le 23 janv. 13 ? 13:58, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :

> See you here in NY!
> As its not so likely I'll be able to get over there! But which I  
> could!
>
>
> On 1/23/13 7:42 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:
>
>>> Le 23 janv. 13 ? 04:41, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :
>>>
>>>> Philippe Amard posted a shot he did with I think current 24-120
>>>> with I
>>>> forgot which body on the lug in our last a few months ago heated
>>>> discussion
>>>> of the focal length range in Nikon. He shot it at 120 and then he
>>>> said
>>>> cropped a bunch. It was clear as a bell and had an airplane flying
>>>> over
>>>> head. There was a water. I think a boat.... Impressed the hell outa
>>>> most
>>>> everybody here and pretty much ended the thread with the idea that
>>>> the lens
>>>> actually does more than produce a viable image.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> I presume this is the one shot you're refering to (thanks for
>>> remembering it BTW)
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Barcelona+2009_001/Surfin_+Barcelon
>>> a-1297.jpg.html
>>>
>>> As to the crop and processing, here is the previous frame on the
>>> roll, FF and unedited, straight from the tank.
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Out+in+the+Wild-1296.jpg
>>> .html
>>> (click large to see what the obvious limits of the lens are, notably
>>> micro contrast)
>>>
>>> Sometimes it looks sharp,
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Les+Gens/Enigma-5496-2.jpg.html
>>> but the bokeh and distortion are so-so as with every nikon lens I've
>>> seen through...
>>>
>>> Oly ZD glass performed much better in all respects; it was just the
>>> sensor that triggered my drifting back to nikon.
>>>
>>> Morals: I own the lousiest of all 24-120's but I won't complain as
>>> it was gifted with the D700, and I use it for its convenient range
>>> and weight.
>>>
>>> OTT Alice and I should be NYC third week of Feb, so on top of
>>> meeting us if it pleases you, I could lend the lens to you for a
>>> live test.
>>>
>>> Amiti?s
>>> Philippe
>>
>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible
>> to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible  
to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.





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