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

[Mark Rabiner]

I still use my 3.5 Micro Nikkor I got used in 2004 but spent an hour ago looking at the still sold new 2.8 micro Nikkor which is  a tad more compatible with some of the current camera technologies and can be had relatively cheap. And it's gorgeous. I love a lens which has a small front element so well protected inside the camera a lens shade would just be redundant. I balk at loving a lens for its lack of modern perfection and am very much into the current cutting edge examples of lens design. But sometimes what the older generations of lenses can do is quite viable on most levels. 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 4/11/18, 6:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Doug Herr via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    Frank Filippone wrote:
    
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    >Legacy lenses are fascinating to use on the Sony bodies.  
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    Yes they certainly are!  Until a couple of months ago legacy lenses were all I was using on the Sony body.  My favs:
    
    Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Micro AI: inexpensive, relatively light weight, quite good performance.  I haven't tested it against the Leica R 60 Macro but the light weight and low worry in case of loss or damage make it my casual carry-everywhere lens.
    
    Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L: Inexpensive and relatively light weight for a high-quality long lens.  It requires some correction for lateral chromatic aberration but C1 does this automatically.  Its highlight separation and color quality aren't as good as a Leica APO lens but most of the time its good enough, especially considering its affordability.
    
    Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R: for no-compromise mind-boggling image quality.
    
    Doug Herr
    Birdman of Sacramento
    http://www.wildlightphoto.com
    http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
    
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