Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well the Leica 24mm f1.4 is not an SLR lens, nor is it an autofocus lens, so it would be much more compact. The Nikon one seems to be a nice alternative, seems good bang for the buck. Married to a D3s, or a D700, it should be able to function in the dark (-: Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > RRP is about $US 2200. ?It's a very capable lens. ?The design suggests > that Nikon are keeping themselves aware of Leica's design trends and > improving the out of focus rendition of their lenses. ?I am > disappointed it won't work on an FM3a or F3, but it will work on an > F100, F5 or F6. ?Of course Leica's M 24/1.4 is vastly smaller and much > more expensive. > > Marty > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> > wrote: >> What's the price? I am assuming that any non-Leica lens approaching $2K is >> very expensive while $2K can sometimes get you a Leica viewfinder :-) >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >> gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> The new Nikon 24mm f1.4 seems to be a stunner: >>> >>> http://www.bobkrist.com/blog/fast-wide-and-handsome/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >> >> >> -- >> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >> // portfolio: >> <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia >>> >> blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com >> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >