Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:21 PM -0800 3/8/02, Henry Ting wrote: >Thanks Doug. I still hold the belief that wildlife >photography can get astronomically expensive, >especially for non-pros like me. It's one discipline >that you really need the teles and the super-teles for >capturing the images we are after. Perhaps I should >roam within the city confines of our zoos until I get >a hang of it before investing into these exotic lens. >These lens, being so specialized are never cheap, nor >do they demand a higher price when one wants to sell >them because the demand comes only from a very niche >group of pros. >I'll for sure search for a zoom first. > >--- Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: >> on 3/8/02 8:23 PM, Henry Ting at >> henryting10@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> > >> > Question for the Birdman.... >> > For someone just starting to buildup a Leica R >> outfit > > > with the intend of shooting wildlife (birds, The 400/6.8 can be had quite inexpensively (especially considering the rest of the Leica R range), and is a wonderfully handling lens for fast moving subjects. I've shot birds in flight at close to minimum focus distance with the one I used to have, and even the latest AF isn't good for that. If you've got the money for a Leica tele zoom, you've got the money for a 400/6.8. - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html