Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The SL with the 90-280 gives some spectacular results but I know you need longer for your birds. It's perfect for stage photography, though. The larger files of the SL2 are actually a drawback for me. It would slow everything down from storage to processing. Tina On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 3:18 PM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Yes I have some regrets. I still have a 280 APO which has not seen any > daylight in the last two years, this will be the last Leica lens I'd let go > of. If Leica or one of the other L-mount partners were to make a native > lens comparable in quality, along with some longer lenses I'll take a good > look at the SL2. I gave the SL and its system a couple of good tries and > it didn't meet my needs. Neither did the first-generation Sony cameras > FWIW. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > >Sent: Nov 12, 2019 12:07 PM > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >Cc: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] a few birdies > > > >Those look great, as usual. Do you have any regrets at all for leaving > >Leica?? I know I would, but that's just me. > > > >Tina > > > >On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 10:35 AM Douglas Herr via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >wrote: > > > >> Last week I picked up a new 600mm lens and I've spent a few days getting > >> to know the beast. > >> > >> It's big. It attracts a lot of attention. It's surprisingly > lightweight > >> (for a big lens). It's not so big that I can't hike with it. It can > >> produce a lot of detail on a 40+MP sensor. > >> > >> the pictures: > >> > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/scolopacidae/actitis/spsand03.html > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/sialia/weblue33.html > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/mergus/comerg26.html > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/falco/pefalc15.html > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/aythya/rnduck04.html > >> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/haliaeetus/baeagl11.html > >> > >> Doug Herr > >> Birdman of Sacramento > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > >-- > >Tina Manley > >www.tinamanley.com > >http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > >< > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > >*https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html > ><https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>*