Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Send me the F3, I'll use it. :D I just bought one to use my Nikon glass on since my F4 died and I gave my Nikon D-SLR to my son, who mostly uses a 50mm macro lens. Figured I better get myself a Nikon film body to use my lenses, and I really like the F3 now that I have one. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 11/7/10 6:03 PM, "grduprey at mchsi.com" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Marty, The Nikon 85/1.4 is a nice lens, and the F3 is also a very good body. > However I sold the 85 years ago and the F3 just sits and collects dust, > well I > do keep it dusted off and exercise the shutter occasionally. I prefer the > R8 > to it any day, now if I can just find a really nice 80/1.4R lens for a > reasonable price. ;-) Cheers Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty > Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" > <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, November 6, 2010 6:13:12 PM GMT -06:00 > US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] 80 Summilux R (was 'Am I being stupid? > (R content)') The 90 APO is very impressive, but at portrait distances it is > less impressive than further away - the absence of a floating element starts > to show and there is noticeable curvature of field. This was the motivation > for the design used in the 75 Summicron, which focuses to 0.75 m and gets you > a tighter crop, and is the M lens I'd recommend if you'd like a very modern > rendering lens for portraits. The 80 R-Summilux is a very nice older design, > but for less money you can get a Nikkor 85/1.4 and an F3 and the photos will > be indistiguishable, except possibly unless you have a bunch of other Leica R > glass and shoot in colour and are not willing to manipulate to match the > colours. It would also mean that you may have to carry a bunch of extra gear > (which is also heavy > gear). http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Rachel/File0846.jpg.html > I kept the Nikkor but returned the test sample 80 Summilux because I like the > F3 better than any of the R cameras and I already have a bunch of other Nikon > SLR lenses. Marty On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Mark Rabiner > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Big difference though between an old Leitz > Canada Summicron 90 for the R > system and a brand new razor sharp cutting > edge > LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-R 90 mm f/2 ASPH whose specs outdo the 100 macro > which > was spec king for a few decades. We should be specific as to what we > are > talking about. > I'd be shooting with it. > And I am now as I have it > for the M and I think is the same lens expect it > has an M on it with an M > mount. > There is nothing "slow" about an 90mm f2 lens. Especially when > shooting > digitally. > Leica seems to me which is why I like it to be a > company which gets smarter > as it goes along. When it comes out with a new > lens its better than what > comes before. Usually by a long shot. As > everything they've learned about > optics during that time gets put into that > lens. The old classic designs are > great as long as I get my basics covered > first. And my basics are the > current offerings from Leica. Their most recent > designs. And I don't mind > getting their ears. Tip of their nose even. > Glasses. More than just their > eyelashes. > > > -------------------- > Mark > William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: ? http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: > Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group > <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:09:00 -0400 >> To: Leica > Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] 80 Summilux R (was 'Am I > being stupid? (R content)') >> >> In my talk of Leica R stuff, I completely > forgot about the 80 Summilux. ?Any >> comments on this lens compared to the 90 > Summicron? ?What's a good price for >> the 80? >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information