Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have two Zeiss lenses (both focal lengths are ones Leica do not do) and am quite happy with them, nobody has commented adversely on pictures I have shown taken with them. I also know that Richard has a few Leica lenses as well... john > -----Original Message----- > > 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> > > > >