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Subject: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:23:20 -0600 (CST)

My D700 was lens free (No lens)

Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:32:09 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window

Le 13 d?c. 11 ? 01:36, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :

> That's a perk on the nikon vs. canon lenses. Their kit glass really  
> has
> great specs. As long as you don't bang them going through a door out  
> of
> whack. They look embarrassing but they make very good images. Though  
> I've
> not used one in over a year there is not kit glass for full frame.

I bought my D700 with the infamous -free- 24-10 ; package by Nikon, Mark
different markets I guess
Philippe


> I was shooting this thing on P so it was wide open which was 5.6 at  
> 20mm
> which means everything front to back is sharp as hell. I could not  
> even
> believe it. That's also an advantage to shooting cropped. Its ten  
> times
> harder for me to get it all with my 24-85 full frame glass which in
> comparison weights a ton.
>
> -- 
> Mark R.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>
>
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:52:05 -0600
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
>>
>> Very nicely captured, Mark.  Nice to find a gem among the bargain  
>> lenses.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:01 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
>>
>>
>>> I was going over window's I'd shot Dec 12 2008 at Bergdorf's that  
>>> night and
>>> was amazed by the detail and high quality so I checked the  
>>> metadata to see
>>> which of my real money Nikon glass I'd shot it with. The 28 1.4 or  
>>> perhaps
>>> 14 2.8.
>>> http://tinyurl.com/c4bmnog
>>> It turned out the be the lowly 99 dollar special 18.0-55.0 mm f/ 
>>> 3.5-5.6 DX
>>> non VR which you get when you click the sort  for cheaper at top  
>>> bottom on
>>> the Adorama or B&H sites. Maybe Calumet.
>>> So I left it at a much  higher rez than 1200 pixels on the long  
>>> end so you
>>> can really see it when you click the zoom in button on the LUG  
>>> gallery.
>>> The iso was 400 so there really was a lot of light in these  
>>> window. And it
>>> makes for some real quality images.
>>> The windows at Bergdorf's  which are the best I've ever seen  
>>> anywhere have
>>> not been as good the past three of years.   09 and 10 and '11.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Mark R.
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window)
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