Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually R glass is getting hard to find and good deals are pretty rare. On Jul 27, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Jayanand, >> >> I understand your point. However, the concept of need is >> irrelevant. In >> the end I don't really need to take photographs at all. I only need >> food, shelter and clothing, and since I don't generate material >> revenue >> from photography, one doesn't contribute to acquiring the other. :-) >> >> The reason I use Leica lenses is because I like using them. It's that >> simple. But I've also discovered some practical reasons, such as my >> batteries last longer when I'm not using autofocus Nikkors. Also, >> sometimes I find the OOF areas of Nikkor lenses a little....for >> lack of >> a better word, ugly at times. That's not an issue with the picture I >> posted, certainly. But with some images I took a few hours later >> it was. >> >> >> Dave R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jayanand Govindaraj [mailto:jayanand at gmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:08 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 50'cron update >> >> Dave, >> Nice shot, but why do you need a Leica lens for shots like these? A >> Nikon >> 50mm would work just as well, and one of them costs USD100 or so. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > This idea of putting Leica R glass on a Nikon full frame digital body > strikes me as an ideal Leica solution here being expressed by a Lugger > actually doing it. Making images with it daily. > Though Dave already was into Leica R and I'm not. > Though getting INTO Leica R glass now is great as the stuff sells > for a song > making them one of the better deals in modern photography. Or popular > photography. I subscribe to both. > > I don't understand the questioning of a preference for Leica glass > on the > Leica users group. I don't get it! Trick question? Rhetorical > something? > Funny provocation? > Me I would MUCH rather be shooting with Leica glass which partially > I think > explains why I'm on this list in the first place. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information