Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pity I sold my F mount macro-elmarit - I think I would have sent its deep small pupil over to you Mark Amities Philippe > Le 13 avr. 2018 ? 20:02, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit : > > I still use my 3.5 Micro Nikkor I got used in 2004 but spent an hour ago > looking at the still sold new 2.8 micro Nikkor which is a tad more > compatible with some of the current camera technologies and can be had > relatively cheap. And it's gorgeous. I love a lens which has a small front > element so well protected inside the camera a lens shade would just be > redundant. I balk at loving a lens for its lack of modern perfection and > am very much into the current cutting edge examples of lens design. But > sometimes what the older generations of lenses can do is quite viable on > most levels. > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 4/11/18, 6:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Doug Herr via LUG" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Frank Filippone wrote: > >> >> Legacy lenses are fascinating to use on the Sony bodies. >> > > Yes they certainly are! Until a couple of months ago legacy lenses > were all I was using on the Sony body. My favs: > > Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Micro AI: inexpensive, relatively light weight, quite > good performance. I haven't tested it against the Leica R 60 Macro but > the light weight and low worry in case of loss or damage make it my casual > carry-everywhere lens. > > Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L: Inexpensive and relatively light weight for a > high-quality long lens. It requires some correction for lateral chromatic > aberration but C1 does this automatically. Its highlight separation and > color quality aren't as good as a Leica APO lens but most of the time its > good enough, especially considering its affordability. > > Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R: for no-compromise mind-boggling image > quality. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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