Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bruce, I use a whole load of Contax (and Yashica) lenses on Canon DSLRs with an adapter from Huppert in Germany. I find a couple of the Zeiss lenses are, if not necessarily better, do (for me) make a nicer picture than comparable Leica lenses. Douglas bruce wrote: > Sad that you did not keep the Contax .................. I read that > Mr. Gandy has a delightful way of hooking it up to a EOS D > ................ has anyone tried this combination? > > B. > > On 9-feb-2006, at 20:32, David Rodgers wrote: > >> Nick, >> >> I had a 28/2.8 and thought it was on par with the 25/2,8. The 28/2.8 >> was >> an MM and made in Japan. Though equal or better optically, MM lenses >> didn't feel as solid as the German made AE lenses. I have an 85/1.4, >> 50/1.4, 25/2.8 and 60/2.8, and all are AE. The 85/1.4 is a favorite, >> especially since I have a bevy of 67mm BW MC filters, which right now >> are probably more valuable than the lens itself. >> >> I used the 85/1.4 a lot when I shot weddings. I could shoot it side by >> side with my Hasselblad and the color balance matched perfectly >> (back in >> the day when that mattered). >> >> However, of all lenses I've owned my 28/2.8 Elmarit R was special. I >> was >> perusing through some prints the other day and thought, "wow, why did I >> ever get rid of that lens." I don't think I'll ever have the same >> passion about lenses in the post digital era. Because with digital it's >> as much the body. >> >> I kept my 28/2.8 Elmarit up until I sold my R7. I almost didn't sell >> it, >> but I've learned my lesson in fertility. One piece of Leica R leads to >> many pieces. >> >> I had a 28/2 Contax and that was special too, especially in low light. >> But it was a big and heavy and someone made me an offer I couldn't' >> refuse. That's a lens I'd look to buy now except I don't know how long >> my Contax ST body will last. >> >> I had more trouble with Contax bodies than all my other SLRs combined. >> No major failures. Just little annoyances. For instance, as long as I >> can remember my ST has displayed the incorrect f stop in the >> viewfinder. >> But exposure is right on the money, so I've lived with it. I have an >> RTS >> II that I really liked. But it died and can't be fixed. >> >> BTW, I'm looking for an Aria body if anyone ever comes across one. >> >> DaveR >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nick Roberts [mailto:nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk] >> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:16 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: RE: [Leica] R8 >> >> Dave, try the 28mm f2.8 Distagon - I much prefer it to >> the 25. >> >> Nick >> >> --- David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote in >> part: >> >>> My German made 25/2.8 Distagon AE fine as it is, >>> doesn't quite carve an image like my 28/2.8 Elmarit >>> did. >>> DaveR >>> >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> Yahoo! Photos - NEW, now offering a quality print service from just >> 8p a >> photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >