Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: We agree on this. I was trying to point out to someone that he needed Leica glass, and not an M mount Sigma lens. I'm still not convinced on the Gitzo. BTW: How 'bout the CIS/AOL deal. Is nothing sacred. Tom At 11:09 AM 9/8/97 -0500, you wrote: >At 11:08 PM 9/7/97 -0400, you wrote: >>I think this may have been true in 1975, but now the film is so sharp that >>often lenses are the weakenst link. Fujicolor 100 has finer resolution than >>both Velvia and Kodachrome 64. Tmax 100 can resolve almost anything. > >Not Leica lenses. The 100 Apo Macro, the 180 Apo telyts (plural) and the >70-180 sound like they'd give most films a run for the money. And there's a >new Kodachrome due out that's supposed to be 100 and fine grain like 25. >Let's hope! > >>I'll take a Bogen tripod over Gitzo, I'll buy the grey market Velvia, but >>give me premium glass. > >I love my Gitzo, that takes a beating with no problem at all. (On sale, >cheap). > >--------------------- >Eric Welch >Grants Pass, OR > >An SB-26 is a case for holding dead batteries. > >