Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] OT or not: dilemma
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Sun Dec 18 04:00:09 2005
References: <001a01c603c3$17927ca0$0202a8c0@acer81080ea37f>

Must I conclude that the 50mm Summicron is R? Does anyone know if  
there is an adapter series for Leica M to EOS? CameraQuest have 42mm  
Pentax screw adapters to EOS ........... but no 39mm bayonet or screw  
Leica to EOS. It should be possible, certainly for the D20.

B.
The Hague, The Netherlands.


On 18-dec-2005, at 12:06, Steve Unsworth wrote:

>  I have a Tokina 28-80 'Pro' lens as a 'walk about' lens on my 5D.  
> This is
> an f2.8 constant aperture lens. I also have a Canon 28mm f2.8 lens.  
> The
> Canon prime is far, far, better than the zoom wide open and this  
> shows very
> clearly on the image.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of
> Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: 18 December 2005 07:19
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT or not: dilemma
>
>
> Finally, I do not agree that lenses are becoming less important. I can
> clearly see the difference on the screen between an inferior lens a  
> good
> one, and while some things can be fixed in PS, you cannot easily  
> fix things
> like distortion, colour fringing or chromatic aberration. In fact,  
> I can
> make the opposite argument: with digital and PS, I can look at each  
> image at
> 100%, which corresponds to a print size that is way bigger than  
> anything I
> have ever printed.
>
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