Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My optimum solution is still to use the Nikon D800E with the Zeiss lenses at the wide end. Those who so wish are welcome to buy the S2 lenses, and use them with the S2, S3, S4 and maybe S5 as well. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 15-Aug-2012, at 9:54 PM, "wildlightphoto at earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >>>> > Here is one comparison between the D800E and the S2: > > http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/05/05/an-unfair-fight-nikon-d800e-vs-leica-s2 > -p/ > > Lloyd Chambers was even more skewed in favour of the D800 with Zeiss glass > in a comparison he did, but that is on a pay site, calling the Nikon a > standout winner. The combos he used were Nikon D800 (not D800E) + Zeiss > 100mm f2 Macro Planar vs Leica S2 + Leica 120mm f2.5 APO-Macro-Summarit-S. > <<< > > OTOH Leica claims the S lenses will be a good match for the next 2 > generations of sensors. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information