Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shot of Cash, Bill. I still have a 180 f/2.8 but it sounds like a slightly later model: auto aperture, manual focus, ED glass. We all had to have one, it was an essential lens in any photojournalist?s bag. I think the Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm zoom was the beginning of the end for many fixed-length lenses. As good as the 180 was a recent Nikon 70-200 easily outperforms it at any focal length. Jack Milton > On Apr 3, 2020, at 1:14 PM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > ? When Johnny Cash performed at the Houston Astrodome, the most desired > lens for Houston Post and Houston Chronicle photographers was a > 180m f2.8. The Chronicle had one, but it was not an automatic lens. You had > to focus, then set the aperture. I took a whole series of typical stage > shots. I was walking away from the stage when Cash ended one of his songs > and the lights began to dim. I threw the lens wide open. It was a lucky > shot. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Cash_+Houston+Astrodome_+February_+1971+___+01591.jpg.html > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information