Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] An unscientific comparison, Leica R8 and Pentax isDS
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Fri May 19 18:00:50 2006
References: <000201c67ba8$3cbc66a0$d9670e44@newukolbqveo9i>

For a moment I said to myself, yep that shadow detail is Leica  
optics. Then I reread the post, and had to do a triple take, when it  
turned it was the Pentax material that I was confusing for the leica.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com





On May 19, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I'm just partial to Pentax. I've never had one fail on me, and I've  
> never
> had anything but excellent optics from them. If they had catered  
> more to the
> pros, they would have won them over. I've had three Nikons fail on  
> me, but
> never a Pentax despite having used the Pentax more often.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Slobodan
> Dimitrov
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:39 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] An unscientific comparison, Leica R8 and  
> Pentax isDS
>
>
> I'm partial to the Pentax 14mm material.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> Studio G-8,
> Angels Gate Cultural Center
> http://sdimitrovphoto.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 19, 2006, at 4:42 AM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>
>> Shot last October, but only scanned recently.
>>
>> The Leica R8 is the first of each pair.
>>
>> R8 with 19mm, Pentax with 14mm DA
>>
>> http://www.half-fast.com/isDS-R8/
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] An unscientific comparison, Leica R8 and Pentax isDS)
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In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] An unscientific comparison, Leica R8 and Pentax isDS)