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Subject: [Leica] OT - New Nikon Lens
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:41:14 +0530
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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
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
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