Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, sd, that's cheating. But it's worth a test. I still have a mint, un-modified DR I can use on my M8 and compare the same shot with the micro Nikkor on my D700. It should be interesting. But were you shooting in the macro range or using it as a normal lens at longer distances? Len On Feb 4, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > Maybe, but any one of the dozen, or so, dual, range "cron's I had > could kick its butt even on Ektachrome (which was God's curse on > photography), never mind Kodachrome. > I had two samples of the Micro-Nikkor, and none of them stood up to > a late model DR. > I used to shoot artist portfolios in college. When word got around > of the slide quality, It was an open flood gate of comers. I had so > much word of mouth traffic, I wound up pulling my ad from the back > of an art magazine. > sd > > > On Feb 4, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >> Tomorrow I have the Nikon 55mm/3.5 micro with the compensating >> aperture and factory converted to AI coming in. It's one of the >> sharpest lenses Nikon has ever made. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information