Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a very limited system It has a limited range of lenses It has a limited range of shutter speeds It has a 2FPS winder and no motor drive It has no focus assist It is impossible to do macro work with it. What do you want from me? OK.. It's an incredibly useful and versatile system!!!! I use it to take pictures of pet rabbit Andy. Happy? Javier - --- Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> wrote: > Javier Perez wrote: > > > > Focusing very fast long lenses is a problem > > if you have high res optics and want to make > > large prints. > > True, even with lousy optics and any size > enlargements. > > >With a long enough base and magnification you could > focus > >them more accurately than you could with the eye > through a > >viewfinder.This is right up Leitz' alley if the > should choose > > to develop it. > > I used to shoot a 180mm f2.8 Zeiss Olympia on a > Pentax 645 (med. > format). > Depth of field at f2.8 is very slim. To get sharp > pictures I would put > it > on a tripod and check critical focus with a eyepiece > magnifier. > Of course if you are shooting with a longer focal > length than that, > you could always stop down, check your depth of > field and set the lens > to infinity... > > > As for the M system being near useless, > > if you call being limited to focal lengths from 15 > to > > 135 and no CV zooming useful, stick with it. > > I wouldn't exactly call the focal lengths from 15 to > 135 'limited'. > Up until about 20 years ago, when good zooms became > widely available, > photographers got along pretty fine with what you > describe. > I don't see what you are getting at with a > amateurish statement like > that. > > > >As for me, I like to take long shots on occasion > without > >having to bring along a second system.;-)) > > So why did you by a rangefinder to begin with? It > sounds like you > would be better off with a Nikon or Canon with a > wide range zoom. > > > >Finally, ask yourself why about 90% of the people > on this list have > > another system, usually reflex and it's usually > their primary system. > > Later > > Javier > > > > Most craftsmen have more than one tool in their kit. > Different types of jobs require different tools. > > > feli > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to > smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) > 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html