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Subject: [Leica] Was Unwashed Masses - Now R lenses on Nikon D700
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:32:19 -0800
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On Nov 10, 2009, at 12:34 AM, H&ECummer wrote:

> 
>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>> and don't forget, Leica R glass, with 10 min of work to put on a leitax
>>>> adapter, works fine on the excellent Nikon D700 body...
>>>> so all those people who are waiting,
>>>> can stop waiting...
>>>> Steve
>>> Yes but shooting every darned thing wide open can get old a fella wants 
>>> to
>>> stop down to a blazing 5.6 every once in a blue moon and make sure he or 
>>> she
>>> is getting their focus. Maybe more than one thing in focus.
>>> I say rich or poor its always nice to get the thing in focus.
>>> Makes you want to look at it. The picture.
>> 
>> true Mark, but at least the nikon metering is linear as you stop down, 
>> and you can stop down to f 5.6 or so...and you can get the shot, if there 
>> is enough light, which I guess there is, cus if not,  you wouldn't stop 
>> down...
>> like, it works...
>> Steve
> 
> Indeed it does work!


yup, and you were the pioneer...

I finally drank the cool aid,

others will eventually,

Steve




> I have been out this afternoon under the blazing sun shining in kodachrome 
> blue skies with my D700 and the 28 Elmarit and the 90 Summicron - blazing 
> away getting a feel for my new 'hood (which is the oldest settled section 
> of Hong Kong) and it felt good! Pictures will be down loaded shortly and 
> then I'll see what I got.
> A D700 with the above lenses is a nice change of pace from my M8 and, for 
> me, equally satisfying. If there is no "suitable solution" for an R 
> digital platform from Leica
> I don't care anymore.
> Cheers
> Howard (HOT in brilliantly sunny and incredibly clear Hong Kong)
> 
> 
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