Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So true. Can't believe anyone would commit the blasphemy of claiming that any of that Japanese junk could be anything but holga-crap-fuzzy soft. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 4/2/12 1:52 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >It cannot possibly be "sharp as a tack" since it is cheap and not a Leica. > >Nathan Wajsman >Alicante, Spain >http://www.frozenlight.eu >http://www.greatpix.eu >http://www.nathanfoto.com >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > >YNWA > > > >On Apr 2, 2012, at 5:35 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> I also walked out of a photo store with a used 500 4.5 Nikkor not the >>most >> current version and dirt cheap and it is sharp as a tack. I have an OK >> 70-300 zoom and it is not as good nor has a tripod collar. So I try to >>use >> the 300 if I can. Its built like a steel tank. I love the tripod collar. >> >> Here's the moon at a 15th of a second during a full eclipse which it was >> fully eclipsed. It was very dark red. Darker than it looks here. >> I think at a 15th of a second the moon is moving but I though it was a >> viable image. >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Autumndays/101221_034520.jpg.h >>tml >> >> >> - - from my iRabs. >> Mark Rabiner >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >> >> >>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:14:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00) >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens? >>> >>> Dr. Ted Grant wrote: >>> >>>> DID YOU EVER JUST WALK IN YOUR FAVOURITE CAMEARA STORE AND SAY? >>>> >>>> "I need a 35mm or 50 mm lens for my Leica M whatever and out the >>>>door in to >>>> assignmnet action with nary a concern other when are you going to >>>>pay for >>>> this? >>> >>> Yup (a Nikon 300mm f/4.5) and I got lucky. I didn't know it at the >>>time but >>> the previous model, a really poor lens, had been upgraded to >>>'adequate'. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information