Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually you have a set of "Zeiss" lenes and not one Leica lens becuae you said "they're just not worth it". Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 20:05:06 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Comparison of DMR to Nikon D800E the cheap nikon 28-80 > > Mark sez: > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> .... >> And in that same class of money I got a 90mm f2 Summicron M at another >> juncture. >> Some even on this list have declared that a hunk of glass on front of a >> camera is just not worth that much cash. Richard of instance. >> My dream lens a 120 f4 CFI Makro Planar T* came true for me at one point. >> And a 100mm f3.5 CFi Planar T* both for my Hasselblads. >> > > Are you speaking my name in vain? :-) > > Actually, what I said, was that I prefer the 85/2 ZM more than the 90/2 AA. > So I sold the latter and kept the former. The weight is similar but for my > use the 85/2 balances better and I prefer the ZM close range performance. > > and then I bought one of my cardinal rules of not keeping more than one > lens in too close focal length and kept the 75/1.4 lux because... > > Well, if there is any lens that define Mandler, it's the 75/1.4 'lux. > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information