Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Another ZM lens on the horizon
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Mon Mar 24 07:56:57 2008
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Crazy how full frame digital will make you re-think your lens arsenal. Hell, 
I'm still enjoying having a 50/1.4 again!


Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Dory" 
Subject: Re: [Leica] Another ZM lens on the horizon


> Chris,In this case go with the Nikon.  The new design is as good as 
> anything
> out there and there will be no compatibility issues as we have been
> discussing about Canon and adapters.  The only advantage to the Zeiss is a
> slight improvement in OOF effect due to it's less well corrected spherical
> aberration wide open.
> 
> You know you want it, you know you need it and at only 1K it is cheap.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Christopher Williams <
> leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
>> The Zeiss lenses are receiving excellent reviews in the ZF Nikon mount. I
>> really want the 85/1.4 but I'm afraid the Nikon AF version
>> is more suited for most of my work.
>>
>> Chris
In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Another ZM lens on the horizon)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Another ZM lens on the horizon)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Another ZM lens on the horizon)