[Leica] 16-16-15 lens comparison

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Mark,

This is what Bjorn had to say about it back in 2000 when it first  
came out.

<http://www.naturfotograf.com/14nikkor_review.html>

Len




On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> It strikes me that what its adding up to here is if distortion is a  
> critical
> issue get a slower lens and a non zoom or non variable focal length  
> lens.
>
>
> Spending big money doest always cut it became its usually tied in to a
> faster focal length; creating more problems then they solve.
>
> No ones weighed in on how the 14mm 2.8D ED Nikkor is supposed to  
> stand up
> which i've been using. I'm going to check again right now but so  
> far I've
> not found a nay sayers in cyberspace.
>
> All a third party lens manufacturer has to do, like Cosina for  
> instance is
> come out with glass for our rangefinder system which is slow. And  
> f4 or
> close. Someone whose done rangefinder for more than five minutes  
> knows that
> speed is not such a big deal if you're not looking through the  
> little lens.
> You can see and focus just as easy with a tiny slow lens;  
> unworkable on an
> SLR.
> I wish the Leica marketing people knew this.
> F 2.5 is nowhere vile.
>
> But tiny well corrected unobtrusive small air to glass cheap glass  
> I can
> sink my teeth into.
>
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> markrabiner.com
>
>
>
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