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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Found Around the House
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:00:27 -0600
References: <36D31s02q07g8Sg016D4dE> <568EEF9E.8040307@cox.net>

Thanks, Ken.  I would expect them all to be fairly sharp wide open. I 
have the 27mm, 35mm 2.0, and the 18-55, and they are all fine. But I do 
not have an f/1.4 from Fuji, so couldn't comment on that one.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/7/2016 5:07 PM, Ken Carney wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I'd say that lens is a keeper.  I just got the 23mm 1.4 and am trying 
> to decide whether to exchange it for another sample.  It's kind of 
> soft at 1.4, but my other Fuji lenses (14mm, 35mm, 56mm, 60mm, 55-200) 
> are all sharp wide open.
>
> Ken
>
> On 1/7/2016 12:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Because the weather is threatening this morning, I looked around the 
>> house for suitable subjects for the new Fuji 35/2.0 lens.  The first 
>> thing that caught my eye was the vintage Western Electric telephone 
>> on my desk.  It remains in use because it has an amplified handset, 
>> which allows me to forget about hearing aids while working at the 
>> desk.  (I first checked to see if the Macro setting of the X-E1 works 
>> with this lens, and it does not appear to change the minimum focus 
>> distance.)
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF2808fm.tif.html
>>
>> Next, I tried several shots of the pie crust table by the picture 
>> window, and ended up using flash against the back lighting, then 
>> converted it to B&W.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/By+the+Window.TIFF.html
>>
>> My conclusion is that the lens focuses very quickly and accurately, 
>> even at minimum focusing distance.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>
>
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