Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Jun 6, 2021, at 10:37 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information