Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The D800e body may outperform the M9 but I'd guess not an M10. In other words the Leica they are making now. Nikon optics are not a question mark. They've been the standard of the industry for many many decades. Sure Leica optics can blow them out of the water in many or most cases but in more cases Nikon is making a lens Leica does not even make. I have found many of my Nikon lenes to be "inspired". Well above above average. And some really are "premium". Like my 28 1.4 and my 14 2.8. On my camera now is a sharp as heck 50 1.8 which cost me $99.99 and I shoot wide open at night and is light as a feather and I have a B+W lens hood on it which says "made in Germany" on it so it think the whole thing is German. Read NIKKOR - The Thousand and One Nights http://imaging.nikon.com/history/nikkor/ Get the inside scoop from the guys who design the glass themselves. Very cool reading! On 9/17/13 1:19 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > I appreciate your comments. I also have accepted the idea that IF I > switch to > a Nikon DSLR, that switch must include the acceptance of AF. I can use my > MF > lenses but I will not consider them mainline lenses for travel. I do > mostly > landscape/travel shots. I have the need for lightness of kit weight. So a > WA > zoom is what I have selected. In this case a 18-35 lens. I have purchased a > reasonably cheap one from Ebay and will do some testing of IQ compared to > my > Leica gear. If the IQ is lacking, the whole idea goes out the window. > The test will use the M9 as the camera with adapter for the Nikon lenses. > Same > sensor means the variable in IQ will be the lens > > I am pretty certain the D800e body will outperform the M9. But the optics > are > the variable. Test them and I will know which is acceptable. > > Again thank you for your comments > Frank Filippone > > On Sep 6, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> My father-in-law had the D300 and I had a D7000 and they both were >> difficult >> to focus manually for my 62 (at the time) year old eyes. The D7000 was >> better. I now have a D600 and it is a bit easier, but still difficult. >> And >> the indicators are not much help, as there is quite a range when they are >> lit >> telling me it is in focus. But when I look at the images, the focus plane >> may be in front or in back or right on. Depends on chance, I think. I >> find >> myself focusing wide open and then stopping down to compensate for the >> miss >> in focus, but that doesn't work for shallow DOF shots that I often try to >> do. >> The only really solid way to focus at full aperture is with live view, but >> that is not great for action or moving subjects. I use an eyepiece >> magnifier >> and that helps a bit. I am slowly seeing the writing on the wall and >> shifting to auto focus lenses with deep regret at not using my Leica R >> glass >> as much. Macro is still fine since I can take all the time I need to >> focus >> us > ing live view. It has been a slow regression over the last few years. > The > pits getting old eyes. I pulled out my R8 the other day to finish a roll > of > film and found I could focus just fine with it. Too bad they don't make a > good viewfinder for a DSLR, at least in ones I have looked at. Have not > looked at a D3 or D4. Maybe they are much better at manual focus. But too > heavy for me. >> >> Aram >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Kayai >> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 9:41 AM >> To: Leica-Users-Group >> Subject: [Leica] OT. Nikon screen brightness and contrast >> >> I borrowed my son's D 200 body to see just how easy it was to focus a MF >> lens. Without using the in focus indicators, it was pretty difficult. >> Brightness was not too bad but contrast was miserably low >> . My D1x was both brighter and more contrasty. The D200 would not work >> for >> me. >> >> I am wondering if someone who has had a D200 and D300s and maybe a D3 or >> D4 >> could comment on relative focus ease. Keep in mind that I own >> predominantly >> MF lenses. >> >> TIA >> Frank Filippone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/