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Subject: [Leica] (Now) Nikon 24-120
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:20:04 -0500

Me? I'm in NYC UWS. !


On 1/23/13 8:02 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> 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_+Barcel
>>>> on
>>>> 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.j
>>>> pg
>>>> .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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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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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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Mark William Rabiner
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