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Subject: [Leica] Re:Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Feb 4 17:19:49 2009
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I used them from about 15 feet to the closest macro range with the  
attachment. The average distance was just about where one would use  
the attachment, but not quite. It used to drive me nuts with debating  
over whether I should use the attachment or not.
sd


On Feb 4, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Ah, sd, that's cheating. But it's worth a test. I still have a  
> mint, un-modified DR I can use on my M8 and compare the same shot  
> with the micro Nikkor on my D700. It should be interesting. But  
> were you shooting in the macro range or using it as a normal lens  
> at longer distances?
>
> Len
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>
>> Maybe, but any one of the dozen, or so, dual, range "cron's I had  
>> could kick its butt even on Ektachrome (which was God's curse on  
>> photography), never mind Kodachrome.
>> I had two samples of the Micro-Nikkor, and none of them stood up  
>> to a late model DR.
>> I used to shoot artist portfolios in college. When word got around  
>> of the slide quality, It was an open flood gate of comers. I had  
>> so much word of mouth traffic, I wound up pulling my ad from the  
>> back of an art magazine.
>> sd
>>
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>
>>> Tomorrow I have the Nikon 55mm/3.5 micro with the compensating  
>>> aperture and factory converted to AI coming in. It's one of the  
>>> sharpest lenses Nikon has ever made.
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else)
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Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re:Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Re:Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else)
Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re:Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Re:Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else)
Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re:Monster High-tech 50mm 1.4 from Sigma and everyone else)