Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Damn! That raises a really interesting question concerning nostalgia v. reality. I remember the classic Nikon 105 2.5 as an absolute killer of a portrait lens, a lens so outstanding I have been tempted over the years to buy one of the old silver barrel ones. Does anyone know what tests of the lens might suggest? Is it as good as I remember it - or was it just outstanding in its day, which happened to be my late teens and 20s, a period in which pretty much everything was outstanding. :-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hemenway Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:43 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Lenses without digital Bodies, Anyone? Why wait? You can have your older Nikon lenses fitted with a chip which will allow them to be used on the latest Nikon digitals with all metering modes. Jim > Nikon better do something bold because those of us who are > > sitting on a large inventory of Nikon lenses will not wait much longer > > for Nikon to produce a digital back for our film cameras or a decent > > full-frame digital camera that accepts our old lenses. I thought the > > Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n would be the answer but it had too many problems > > to be a "decent" camera. --Bob Fately (from a Nikon List) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information