Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 1:11 AM +0000 2/9/09, Bob W wrote:
>>
>> So how hard do you have to crank the 14-54 to get it to open to
>> f/1.4? I would think you should at least consider the 14-35/2.0 at
>> 900 gm to be approaching the ballpark of the Leica lenses.
>>
>> The fact of it is, comparisons of this type don't make a whole lot of
>> sense, as how you shoot and what you shoot is likely the much greater
>> determinant.
>>
>
>Well, I happen to agree. But the person returning from the trip was not
>complaining that their SLR kit was too slow, they were complaining that it
>was too heavy. So I pointed out that in my particular case the M8 kit is
>heavier than the SLR kit. At which point the super-defensive LUG moves the
>goalposts!
>
>Bob
>
To that I can only add that most sports are just too wimpy; moving
goalposts are what life is about! :-) (I never did see the original
goalposts.)
So I guess my Canon SD800 is the winner of the original goalposts
shootout by a factor of about 5.
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