[Leica] Comparing legacy Nikon lenses to Leica R lenses on the Sony A7II 70-200 range

[Tina Manley]

+1!

The 90-280 SL APO is a spectacular lens!!  All of the SL lenses I have are.

Tina

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Frank Filippone wrote:
>
> >Sounds like Doug looked into the Dark Side and the reflection came up
> with a
> >Sony Lens.....
> >I was wondering what you thought of the Sony 100-400.  How did it compare
> to
> >the 280 APO?
> >Or was it an issue of more convenience outweighed the IQ differences,
> which
> >must have been reasonably small.....?
>
> Convenience is certainly a factor.  I don't think of it as a 100-400 zoom,
> it's more like a 400mm lens that allows a wider field of view if a critter
> is unexpectedly close.
>
> When I bought the lens I had flashbacks to VW's television ads in the late
> 1960s, when they first started selling beetles with an automatic
> transmission: "Volkswagen takes a giant leap into the present".  Stealing
> from the 'total immersion' method of learning a foreign language I've used
> it almost exclusively for the last few months.  The AF has taken some
> getting used to.  It scores big on convenience except when it doesn't i.e.,
> picks the wrong target like a distant background instead of the bird on a
> twig 10' away.  I can say that it's quick and accurate when it picks the
> right target and there's never any of the AF micro-adjustment BS that most
> DSLR users take for granted.
>
> Optically: if I'd never seen how good a lens can be I'd be delighted with
> it.  No bad habits at any focal length or aperture, quite sharp,
> unobtrusive bokeh, no sign so far of ugly flare.  The thing is, I've seen
> how good a lens can be (280/4 R APO, 90-280 SL APO).
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>
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