Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, BD, I can't offer any hard evidence one way or the other, but damn I always loved that Nikon 105/2.5. In fact, the only lens that I love even more is the current 90/2.8 elmarit-m...I rented one a couple of years ago along with an M6 for a weekend to see what all the fuss about Leicas was about...and I was converted. My 105/2.5 now just sits on a shelf staring at me with accusing eyes wondering why it has been foresaken. BD wrote: >Damn! That raises a really interesting question concerning nostalgia v. >reality. I remember the classic Nikon 105 2.5 as an absolute killer of a >portrait lens, a lens so outstanding I have been tempted over the years >to buy one of the old silver barrel ones. Does anyone know what tests of >the lens might suggest? Is it as good as I remember it - or was it just >outstanding in its day, which happened to be my late teens and 20s, a >period in which pretty much everything was outstanding. :-)