Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Super shadow side son shot and happy birthday Howard! *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 3 June 2013 04:32, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Morning Luggers, > Leo's camera called yesterday and told me that the Fuji 55 - 200 zoom that > I had ordered had come in. > I went down and picked it up. The construction is like the 18 - 55 zoom > and although about twice the size it is also light for the size of its > focal length(s). > It has an aperture ring without markings - you turn it and watch the f > stops in the LCD or viewfinder. The zooming action is smooth and there is > no zoom creep. > Autofocus speed is average to slow and follow focus needs a lot of work. > But there is little hunting. > The focusing speed of the next version of Fuji camera bodies will > hopefully be faster as the X100S has improved over the X100. > Of course, I am comparing to the Nikon 70 - 200 VR II on the D800E which > is state of art - > remember my eagle pictures. Image quality is very good - like the > panasonic 100 - 300 which I used in Africa two years ago. Here are a couple > of pictures: > > A cruise ship on the way to Alaska > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/DSCF6606csW.jpg.html > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ldkvutg > > Son Russell is visiting from Tokyo to celebrate my 70th birthday. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/RussCU200mmBWw.jpg.html > > > > http://tinyurl.com/kkwqexg > > Please look large. C&C always welcome. > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >