Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The much higher end Loxia 2.4 is fabulous. The same performance can be had with the C/Y 85 f2.8 Sonnar. On Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 6:00 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Annoyingly, Don, it runs along the southern and western coast of > Ireland. I know as a former all year round swimmer that there can be a 3 > degrees celsius difference in favour of the warmer west. Your quisling > ex President has a place there - near where my brother moors his boat. > > Those pics taken today with my 1977 Jupiter-9 showed me I need to get a > better Sony or compatible f2 85mm portrait lens or else a better > adaptor. Anybody out there tried the 85/1.8? > > Douglas > > > On 24/02/2022 22:25, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > > Hopefully the Gulf Stream veered closer to you. > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022, 11:56 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > >> A queue of swimmers for the cold February waters, or possibly this could > >> be an Irish Amphibious Force squad in training for anti-invasion > >> tactical familiarity at Seapoint, Co. Dublin. These strange days, who > >> knows... > >> Anyway, another one taken with Russia's Zeiss Sonnar copy and with 34% > >> sharpness adjustment in PSE. > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Seapoint+swimmer+queue+24_02_2022.jpg.html > >> > >> Sony A7II with Jupiter 9 85mm f2 lens. Can be seen Larger. > >> > >> Douglas > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >