Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/23

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] An impulse purchase that worked out great
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:02:03 -0500
References: <30CE47B3-B853-436F-8978-45B03602CD76@frozenlight.eu>

Glad you like it, Nathan.  It is a great walk-around lens.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/23/2016 7:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> After seeing some really sharp images by Jim Nichols, taken with the Fuji 
> X 27mm lens, I decided to pick one up, taking advantage of a very low 
> price at B&H and the fact that my son was coming over so he could bring it 
> with him, thus bypassing Spanish customs and saving me international 
> shipping. I paid around $300 for it, and after having taken several 
> hundred images with this lens, I have to say that it is the best bargain 
> in photography right. The small size (it is basically a pancake lens) 
> combined with amazing image quality has made it my favorite Fuji lens 
> right now. The only thing I do not like about it is the absence of an 
> old-fashioned aperture ring, so you have to set the aperture using the 
> dial on the camera. But aside from that, this is a lens that I would take 
> to the proverbial desert island.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>



In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] An impulse purchase that worked out great)