Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/13

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Subject: [Leica] Comparing legacy Nikon lenses to Leica R lenses on the Sony A7II 70-200 range
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 20:27:25 +0200
References: <422975765.7051.1523487588125@wamui-charming.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <E242279D-B48E-4E1F-85B7-F37387401A16@rabinergroup.com>

Pity I sold my F mount macro-elmarit - I think I would have sent its deep 
small pupil over to you Mark

Amities
Philippe

> Le 13 avr. 2018 ? 20:02, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> a ?crit :
> 
> I still use my 3.5 Micro Nikkor I got used in 2004 but spent an hour ago 
> looking at the still sold new 2.8 micro Nikkor which is  a tad more 
> compatible with some of the current camera technologies and can be had 
> relatively cheap. And it's gorgeous. I love a lens which has a small front 
> element so well protected inside the camera a lens shade would just be 
> redundant. I balk at loving a lens for its lack of modern perfection and 
> am very much into the current cutting edge examples of lens design. But 
> sometimes what the older generations of lenses can do is quite viable on 
> most levels. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
> 
> ?On 4/11/18, 6:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Doug Herr via LUG" 
> <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>    Frank Filippone wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Legacy lenses are fascinating to use on the Sony bodies.  
>> 
> 
>    Yes they certainly are!  Until a couple of months ago legacy lenses 
> were all I was using on the Sony body.  My favs:
> 
>    Nikon 55mm f/3.5 Micro AI: inexpensive, relatively light weight, quite 
> good performance.  I haven't tested it against the Leica R 60 Macro but 
> the light weight and low worry in case of loss or damage make it my casual 
> carry-everywhere lens.
> 
>    Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L: Inexpensive and relatively light weight for a 
> high-quality long lens.  It requires some correction for lateral chromatic 
> aberration but C1 does this automatically.  Its highlight separation and 
> color quality aren't as good as a Leica APO lens but most of the time its 
> good enough, especially considering its affordability.
> 
>    Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R: for no-compromise mind-boggling image 
> quality.
> 
>    Doug Herr
>    Birdman of Sacramento
>    http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>    http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
> 
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