Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 25 ao?t 11 ? 06:08, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > > Geoff, > Of course you can. My view is that if I have to stop down to f5.6 or > f8, > then any current equivalent Nikon prime (and some zooms) would deliver > results that would be 95+% of the quality of Leica M. A 50mm Nikon > lens, for > example, can be had for USD120 or so. The big advantage with Leica M > lenses, > as I see it (and have always seen it from the film days), is that > unlike any > other manufacturer, they are optimized to be used wide open. That is > what > makes it worthwhile to pay $$$$ for a lens. > May I add sharpness of the corners since vignetting and distortion can be addressed in PS or LR. My 30 years old 50 cron R performs better than my new N 50 1.4 G , which in truth is fairly disappointing per se. I use the N just because it is AF ph > I really would love to have a M9 equivalent with Nikon-level low light > performance and with autofocus. I would buy it like a shot, even > with new > lenses for street shooting! I have been trying the micro 4/3 cameras > to try > and achieve this, but universally their low light performance is > abysmal and > the lenses, barring a few exceptions, leave a lot to be desired, and > manually focusing Leica M lenses on EVFs wide open is not for the > faint > hearted. The Nikon D700, despite its weight, always comes out ahead > by the > end! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Geoff Hopkinson > <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yep your Nikons make perfect sense for what you do Jayanand and an >> M9 would >> be the wrong tool. >> But Ive never followed this 'religious' position that M lenses must >> only be >> used wide open (nor the commandant about thou shalt not use a >> tripod)! >> Most of mine are fast and I use them wide open if I want/need to >> but much >> of >> the time do not. They don't perform worse when you stop them down a >> couple >> of f stops! >> They do allow you to control the depth of field exactly as you want >> and >> they >> will still do a superb job if I need them to be fully open. >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >