Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the TE too. It is one of the few Leica lenses I kept, compact and crisp. Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:37 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > One of my favorite lenses is the 90mm Tele-Elmarit. It is great on film > and on my Fuji digital cameras. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7 Jun 2021, at 18:34, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > I have a very good selection of the "great lenses of the past" You have > > seen some of them posted in my weekly postings. My personal problem is > > that I prefer the uber sharpness and acuity that the new glass provides. > > Acquiring very high MP cameras seems to ask for the same in the lenses. > > Yet, when I go to the older formulations the image is the thing. If the > > message in the image is weak then who cares if you can count eyelashes on > > the dog in the corner. > > > > So, off I will go with a 50 Elmarit or Zeiss equivalent and see what > > becomes magic before me. > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:17 AM Frank Filippone via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> I bought the M42 early version of the Pentax 300mm lens for travel. It > is > >> pretty light, very sharp, and physically smaller than anything I could > buy > >> today. It is F6.3, which allows it to be small. It is one of what I > call > >> Cult Lenses. Good to superb optics, but not modern. They exist in > every > >> brand. Nikon 105, Leica 35 Summicron, Canon FD 135/3.5, Contarex > Distagon > >> 25mm, Pentax 18mm F4 semi fisheye to mention a few. Usually they sell > for > >> the equivalent of the sales tax on a modern lens. > >> > >> The genius of the mirrorless bodies is that with an adapter, they are > >> pretty much all usable..... I have several. Differing brands. All > great > >> lenses. > >> > >> And some are dogs. You find this out AFTER you test out the > lens......But > >> usually, and because of the Internet, you can read and avoid the > terrible > >> lenses. > >> > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > >>> > >>> While this lens combo works, many others are very poor, and inevitably > >> I'll probably have to buy Sony E mount lenses. > >>> > >>> Douglas > >>> > >>> > >>> On 06/06/2021 22:02, Don Dory via LUG 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? > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.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