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Subject: [Leica] Got my 24/3.8 - now a test image
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Thu Jan 29 15:25:49 2009
References: <C5A77F5B.4923E%mark@rabinergroup.com> <369D17F0-3717-4F06-B979-1DB23B294127@frozenlight.eu>

 
Nathan,


Nice shot, and killer lens. ?Wonder if I can sell my 35 Summilux Titanium 
Pre-Asph lens for enough to pay for one. ?;-)


Gene
? -------------- Original message from Nathan Wajsman 
<photo@frozenlight.eu>: --------------


> I don't usually post lens tests, but this one is not bad:
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#464085893_SX72M-O-LB
> 
> Just Lightroom's auto levels adjustment, no sharpening, no cropping,  
> no color correction. The surfer statue is a good test subject, as he  
> has good texture and does not move around too much ;-)
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> 
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:44 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> > This is exciting! I would love a LUG INSURRECTION where we pull for  
> > a new
> > line of
> > SLOW
> > COMPACT
> > AND THEREFORE LESS MONEY
> > ...glass for Leica.
> > MORE STUFF LIKE THE ELMAR-M 1:3.8/24MM ASPH.
> >
> > Less filling!
> >
> > It's not as if the viewfinder gets dimmer and snaps into focus less  
> > quick
> > any more.
> >
> > Does not turn your camera into a METAL MUNCHING MONSTER!
> >
> > Mark William Rabiner
> >
> > Glass you'd NOT leave home without!
> > And take a licking and keep on ticking!
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: Nathan Wajsman 
> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group 
> >> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:11:06 +0100
> >> To: Leica Users Group 
> >> Subject: [Leica] Got my 24/3.8
> >>
> >> Ordered from Scotland Tuesday, in my hands in Alicante Thursday
> >> morning--not bad!
> >>
> >> The lens is lovely, a perfect package on the M8. Yes, it is one stop
> >> slower than the Elmarit, but I really like the form factor. Only had
> >> time to shoot some boring test images today, but tomorrow afternoon  
> >> we
> >> are closing the department at 1 pm and going to spend the rest of the
> >> day eating tapas in the city (25 people), so that should provide
> >> better opportunities to test it. I am NOT into photographing test
> >> charts or newspapers pinned to a wall.
> >>
> >> I really think Leica has some winners among the new lenses that
> >> combine the usual excellence with a reasonable (by Leica standards)
> >> price point.
> >>
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> >>
> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Got my 24/3.8)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Got my 24/3.8 - now a test image)