Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like it! I'm glad I have the 50/1.4 SL lens even though it is huge and heavy. The Noctilux is huge and heavy and I carried it all over Honduras and Guatemala and never regretted it. Now that I need autofocus, Leica comes through! I will probably never get the 75 or the 90. I can just walk a little closer with the 50. The other focal lengths are covered by my zooms which are also pretty fast! I'm carrying the M and the R adapters but, other than the R19, don't really have plans for using them. Tina On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote: > They are using stepping motors so more alike the focusing Sony uses on > their G series or like Zeiss used on their autofocus camera that moved the > focal plane. Quicker, quiet, and extremely precise as they stop > immediately for all practical purposes. If you go back to the Lensrental > blogs you can see how single focal length glass is better with lower > individual unit deviation, so I am glad that the major optical houses are > offering really good single focal length glass. > > Really, with the M adapters you have your choice; small light and M glass, > or autofocus and a much larger lens of "equal" optical quality. Other than > price who is against choice. > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > Marketing gibberish > > > > Translation: We did not try to make it smaller, we tried to make it > > better, > > therefore the size didn't matter. > > > > The rack and pinion type of focusing that the picture shows is atypical > of > > AF lenses... most use rotary motors. > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On > > Behalf > > Of Robert Adler > > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 9:15 AM > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Big SL Lens ( DIameter) explanation > > > > But it says all this was done to, "to preserve the compact dimensions of > > the > > lenses"... > > > > > > Bob Adler > > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > *"Capturing Light One Frame At A Time"* > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:58 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > > wrote: > > > > > We have been talking about how fat the SL lenses are in comparison to > > > M lenses.. > > > > > > > > > > > > Leica just announced the 75 and 90mm SL lenses. In the intro > > > information is a picture of what the lens looks like INSIDE.. > > > > > > It will explain a lot about the diameter issues.. > > > > > > Please have a look.. > > > > > > http://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-SL/SL- > > > Lenses/Prime-Lenses/APO-S > > > ummicron-SL-75 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > > > > > > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html