Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don.? I had that very lens.? In its day it really was a nice lens.? I used it in Universal Screw Mount with an adapter on my Rollei SL-35 for 30 years or so.? I think I sold it and all my Rollei stuff to someone on this list, but I can't remember who. True, my 100/2.8 APO is far superior, but at the time I took many great photos with that simple 40mm.? I am glad it has new life with the mirrorless cameras, as has many great old lenses. Aram On 6/6/2021 2:02 PM, Don Dory wrote: > This isn't about a great lens I found. What I am really questioning is > using equipment that is "good enough" I stumbled on a 40mm Makro Kilfit > f3.5 D version at a stupidly cheap price. Even in Exacta mount that wasn't > an obstacle with a mirrorless body. It is a four element in three group > design. Using it I found it quite usable wide open if you kept the main > subject in the center third. Stopped down to 5.6-8 it was quite usable out > to the outer third. > > Even compared to the Leica 60mm Macro it is half the size and weight. So, > what is everybodies feelings about good enough even though modern > technology will be far superior? I know more than several members have > transitioned to the Q2 for the size, weight, and simplicity of use. > > Part of this is that younger photographers need a beginning place. Most of > us started out on used equipment that worked and as our fortunes and > interests matured we acquired better tools. My child didn't really get an > income that would support a lot of hobbies until thirty after the PhD. > Many folk don't get to that point so the tools need to be more reasonable > than a $2000 M body and a $500 foggy Russian lens. > > Anyway, thoughts? > -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson