Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome home, and what a startling image of HK: never seen it so clear. As you point out, there is no use 'worrying' about choice, make it, live with it, and change it if it doesn't work. In the end nothing is perfect. Here's hoping we are shooting in competition in August next year: not sure what I'll be shooting, but I'll make a choice and "live with it" when the time comes. Helen will be with the E5 Oly no doubt ;-) Cheers Alastair > Hi Luggers, > The recent typhoon blew away all the pollution and Hong Kong was in > brilliant sunshine on Sunday morning. We were up early with jet lag - > just back from Vancouver - and walked along the waterfront. Here is > the Star Aquarius coming into the harbour under blue skies from its > latest gambling cruise. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2010_001/ > > I have followed the many postings about the D700 started by Mark and > would comment that you makes your choices and you live with them. > I chose the D700 and will have shortly rebayonted all my R lenses to > leitax N mounts. Leica glass is in almost all cases the best one can > get - but since DMR backs are a dying breed - to keep using R glass > one needs to migrate the lenses to another platform. For my money, for > my uses, the D700 is simply the best around and I do enjoy getting out > and using the R lenses. For long telephoto work where quick accurate > focusing is required, based on my experience last year with Jayanand > shooting tigers in India, I have moved away from R glass because, Doug > is absolutely right, you need the auto diaphragm feature to enable > accurate wide open focusing and to maintain some depth of field. > So, I have sold my wonderful 180 f3.4 APO and my less wonderful 400 > Telyt and replaced them with the latest Nikkor 70 - 200 F2.8 VR and > the latest 2X extender. > These will get a workout, I hope, this coming year in Africa. Before > that I will see how the 21 - 35 Elmar performs on the D700 and whether > I should take it along. A concern for me is its lack of dust proofing. > Cheers > Howard (back home in Honkers) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >