Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:07 PM 4/20/2006, you wrote: >Last year, I picked up a Nikon S3 commemorative set on ebay. I mostly wanted >the 50/1.4 lens as the new Summilux 50/1.4 asph cost twice as much as I paid >for the Nikon body + lens. The new 50/1.4 Nikkor is *astonishingly good*. If >Nikon wanted to put the squeeze on Leica, Voigtlander, and Zeiss Ikon, it >could probably do it with some sort of commitment to chase the RF market >these days. And they would upset the balance badly by simply offering the >50/1.4 in M mount for a reasonable price. After all, Zeiss Ikon offered no >fast lenses in M mount. But I digress..... Wait a minute, a 50/1.4 ASPH is ~$2600, you got your S3 with lens for $1300?!! >HCB's documentary mentions that he took portraits by simply sitting and >talking with the person and then POW! He snaps the shot. I can only really >do that with cigarette smokers who are banished from our buildings and must >take refuge outside. The subject here, Tim Baker, is a very gifted actor and >director who could make it big in New York or Los Angeles but chooses to >share his talent with our students. I don't know if he was being natural >here or if he was acting, but I don't like portraits with smiles, so this >one worked for me. > >http://www.400tx.com/2006-15.html The lens is so sharp you can cut steel with it :-) >Comments welcomed and appreciated. > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA >http://www.400tx.com // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)