Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I preferred the original Mark, just replace but by and, and we're 5.6 be there ;-) closer to what I had in mind, and so efficiently put :-) Amities Philippe > Le 23 oct. 2018 ? 09:17, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit : > > But if a fixed lens was flexible it would NOT be doing its job! > A very good joke ruined! > Otherwise good work Mark! > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 10/23/18, 2:33 AM, "LUG on behalf of Mark Rabiner" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of mark at > rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > I agree on fixed focal length glass as lacking flexibility. But if a > fixed lens was flexible it would be doing its job! > If this was me shooting with one lens with a Sony I'd shoot it with a > Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS which is gorgeous and takes licking > and keeps on ticking I'd not leave home without and I'm not really > kidding.! > When I look at the focal lengths I shoot with my new zooms this year > I'd never have thought those focal lengths were what I'd be using in these > situations. > It's always what you don?t think. So a zoom has you not locked in and > has you covered. > So if you're not walking around with a camera bag with a complete set > of wide, normal, tele lenses I'd for sure have a standard zoom on that > anti vibration camera. > And in this case what could be more perfect than an F4 fixed zoom? > It?s the glass which is way we should be buying our cameras. And this > glass for this system seems very exciting. > I?m using Nikon VR zooms for the most part it's not all that original > but I'm excited by it. > I?m getting a 50-200 VR DX as I'm getting a D500 fast DX camera body > for my birthday in a few weeks. > Ten frames a second and be there. > VR means Vibration Reduction. > > My favorite lens now is my AF-S VR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED for my D750 I > just got I use it way more than my wide or tele zooms. > I'll soon be using it on my DX D500 which makes it a 35-125mm which I > may like better and is what I used for my road trip moving here from the > west to east coast. > > > > > > Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS > SEL2470Z > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 10/23/18, 2:07 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > Hi Douglas, > > what I question is not the lens itself whatever the brand, but its > FL and the lack of versatility a fixed lens provides. > > Well, you know the details more than I do after all. > > Good luck with the shooting > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 22 oct. 2018 ? 23:42, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >> >> I've an assignment which involves a day's shooting in an office >> environment with my Sony A7ll, and will need to use flash more than a >> bit. I'm not overly thrilled with the kit lens that came with the Sony, >> so am thinking of going for 55mm 1.8 Sonnar as it is designed for the >> camera and flash. I have a perfectly good Elmar 50 2.8, but it won't give >> me the response times I will need for this task. >> >> So the question for the Sony shooters out there is, have you got this >> lens, and are you happy with it? Of course, I have looked at reviews, but >> it's good to hear real world experiences. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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