Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]while an optical improvement and functional not fun or fluid r lenses work best on r cameras c lenses work best on c cameras Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 16, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > What about using Leica R lenses on Canons? > That gets old fast? > > > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:20:34 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: 747, Make it happen >> >> Mark, >> >> I think it's a case of "good enough" for most uses. Most >> photographers don't examine their photos at 100% edge to edge and >> don't need to. For a small reprint in newspapers and magazines or on >> the web, Canon photos are "good enough"; but stock photographers >> submitting to agencies know that their photos will be examined that >> way and rejected if there are problems. The Alamy forum has >> complaints daily from people who are not able to get anything to pass >> Quality Control. I used to have problems with the Canon lenses, too, >> and had quite a few failures. Since I started submitting M8 photos, >> I have not had a single photo fail Quality Control. >> >> Also, some Canon lenses are worse than others. The 16-35 zoom is >> absolutely awful. The 24/1.4 L is pretty bad. Wides are much worse >> than longer lenses. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> >> >> At 12:34 AM 12/16/2008, you wrote: >>> I'd be glad to be using an M8 if I had one but most working >>> photographers >>> out there by far are using Canons turning in Canon pix day after >>> day. >>> What do they think I wonder about these chromatic aberrations and >>> distortion >>> on the edges? >>> You look at a picture anywhere and odds are it was taken with >>> these cameras. >>> How do they all get it under control? >>> Do they just ignore it? >>> What's their work around I wonder? >>> >>> >>> >>> mark@rabinergroup.com >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information