Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Has Texas been redesigned 4 times? Does everybody have to like Texas? Phil Forrest On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:53:59 -0400 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information