Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I know what you're talking about. I've used the Sigma 12-24mm zoom on my F100 and I love the way I can make the subject do all sorts of unexpected things in my viewfinder. I usually keep it at 12mm but sometimes zoom out and back in again. The amount of what's in front of me that can be packed into the image is astounding! Bob On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Mark, >> >> Have you ever used the 21-35? How good is it >> > Bob >> > > > I'm recommending the focal length, Bob. Not the particular lens > itself > which I'm not sure if I've ever met fact to face but it does say > Leica on it > and I don't think it was made by Sigma. I know David is into using > Leica R > glass on his Nikon D700 full frame with an adaptor on the body. And > what > glass could you get the most miles out of? And the issue was to me > involving how purist need we be. Just stick to primes? > The intention would seem to me to be not be to turn the camrea into > an M. > But an R. > And there's zooms in that R system. And zooming is quite a DSLR > thing to do. > I think someone could be not all fond of zooms. But make an > exception with > wide and ultra wide zooms once they checked it out. They make > what's in > front of you much more controllable than what might seem obvious. > Much more > so than a normal or telephoto zoom - which just zooms. A wide zoom > seems to > do more than zoom it seems to make what's in front of you turn into > pliable > silly putty. It plasticizes your shot. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information