Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Correction: of course I meant say that it probably does not make a lot of sense for anyone who does NOT already own the R lenses to buy them for their Canon DSLR. Too little coffee this morning... Nathan Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Scott, > >> -do you feel that there is much of a quality difference in your >> finished prints from using R glass vs. Canon L glass? > > > Canon's long glass is pretty good too, but the images I shoot with the > 100mm Apo Macro are superior to anything else. > >> >> -What are the Leica lenses that you prefer to use with your Canon >> digital bodies? >> > The 100mm Apo Macro. Having said this and the comment above, I will also > say this: it probably does not make a lot of sense for anyone who does > already own the R lenses to buy them for their Canon DSLR. Most of us > who are using the combination are doing it because we already had the > lenses when we acquired the DSLR. This is certainly the case for me. > >> -Are most Lug users using the 20D or is anyone using the 1D MK 11 and >> do the Leica R lenses balance better on the larger Mk11 body, I am >> specifically speaking about the 8.2 megapixel bodies? >> > I am using the 20D, but I believe that there are several 1-series users > here. I am sure that the 100mm Apo Macro and other heavier Leica lenses > would also balance better on the heavier 1D-bodies. > >> Any other comments would be appreciated especially about quality of >> the R glass on these bodies. > > > Despite numerous statements to the effect that with digital, lenses are > less important because there is a "dumb-down" filter in front of the > sensor and a number of other technical reasons, my experience is very > much that great glass is great glass, whether the photons are hitting a > piece of film or a digital sensor. > > Nathan > >> >> Thanks for your input. >> >> Scott Gregory >> London, ON. >> Canada >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com