Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its been completely designed optically 4 different times. Its like saying you don't like Texas. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:04:18 +1030 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 > > The new 24-120 is just as bad as the first one. I don't know if it's > been redesigned optically, but it is cosmetically different and has > AF-S and VR. When I tested a Nikon D700 that was the lens that Nikon > sent with the camera. I thought something was wrong with the camera > until I tried it with some better glass. > > I agree on VR; it's great. It's just a shame that subject movement > makes it less useful for what I do, but a camera with built-in > anti-shake and good f1.4 lenses would be nice. > > Marty > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: >>> From what I know the 24-120 established a bad rep from day one but was >> completely redone a few years later then completely redone again then a >> few >> years later completely redone again with VR. It could be ok by now though >> I >> like zooms which vear on the conservative side. But the 24-120 has VR. >> And VR is a not to be an underestimated game changer. >> >> Voucher Recharge >> Verification Requirement >> >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> Cars: ? http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >> >> >> >> >>> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:19:10 +1030 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >>> >>> I don't like zooms. ?The 24-70 2.8 AF-S is decent. ?The 24-120 is the >>> worst; the real dog of the Nikkor range. >>> >>> Just about any wide range zoom is hopeless for architectural work. >>> >>> Marty >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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