Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]5.6 is where the specks on the sensor start showing - better glue the lens on the camera ;-) OTT, this is very surprising news But I bet Mark has now found his ideal WA lens - 5.6 and stay there :-) I wish you all good light Amities Philippe 2016-10-19 20:21 GMT+02:00 Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>: > I actually saw the prototype at the LHSA convention. Small, very well > made, good to great glass. Speed is no real issue in digital and there are > other options if you want shallow dof in your wide shots. Realistic lens > for most photographers especially newer less affluent that want a real > Leica(read asia)lens. > > I think Leica is trying to address non-used pricing as well as calling up > heritage and collectors. > > On Oct 19, 2016 2:10 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > > Jim, > > > > I think it is all about size and form factor. For a Leica owner who just > > shoots daytime snapshots, it is perfectly adequate, and, with the high > ISOs > > now available, it will work ok at night, as well. And, they won't get > many > > complaints about the RF being out of calibration. :-) > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > > On 10/19/2016 12:58 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > > > >> Suddenly it's 1955. That was the speed of their "replacement" Summaron > >> (the one that replaced the f6.3 model!) Meanwhile, Nikon and Canon were > >> making 3.5 28s in LTM (with Canon going one better, with a 2.8) It was > a > >> strangely obsolete max aperture then, and certainly now. > >> > >> Go figure.... > >> Jim > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >