Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes the Nikon has a 24 and 28 at no extra price. It?s a monster. I don?t use 2.8 zooms at all never owned one. I do think the extended zoom ratio makes it?s different lens making it an apple oranges kind of deal I?d get from the 90?s the 35-70mm f/2.8 AF-D half the weight half the cost but an earlier level of lens design. As far as zooms go many serious people go from their 80-200 to their 18-25 and skip the standard zoom. I?m getting an 18-35 this year which I think is the key lens of our era. A wide or ultra-wide zoom. I was going to get the 20 1.8 but practicality won over austerity. The 20 would match up with all my other 1.8?s giving me a 1.8 shooting system which would make me an extra cool guy. I think if a photog had one zoom it should be the 18-35. In zoom mode by the end of the year I?ll go between the AF-S NIKKOR 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED $746.95 and the AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR $746.95. A new E lens. But right now I?m shooting current Nikor 1.8 primes most all of them costing around $750 except the 50mm. -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer On 1/17/18, 11:20 AM, "LUG on behalf of Aram" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: And from new Nikon glass, too. 35-70 R is far superior to 24-70 Nikon. I can pick out photos taken with each quite easily. Just zoom in and look for CA along the bright edges. None on the R lens, yet quite visible on the Nikon glass. R glass is sharper, too. Not so much at 35mm, but at 70 there I no comparison. Aram -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 4:30 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon lens to SL body adapter that is AF compatible Based on looking at the specs it seem some R glass are a clear step up from old back then Nikon or Canon glass. But much of them even back then were not any kind of special inspiration. -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer On 1/16/18, 7:06 PM, "LUG on behalf of Aram" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: Mark. Are you comparing R lenses with Nikon, canon, etc? Having shot with R and Canon and Nikon, that is not a good comparison. My R glass far outdoes any of my Nikon and Canon glass. Have you tried the 100/2.8 APO? Or the 35-70/4? A world of difference. Aram -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 11:47 AM To: Leica Users Group <Snip> I?m sure if people are going to put R glass on the thing they may as well put Canon, Nikon etc. as well. Sony. Olympus. Lomo. _______________________________________________ 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