Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I drive a 2001 BMW 3 series which was not bought new. I also have multiple 70-200's. Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.net 504-231-6261 > On Jan 11, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > I drive a 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser and I buy my clothes second-hand. I > like Leica lenses and think they are almost worth what I pay for them, > especially used - which is how I got this one. > I do intend to use it. I've been carrying it around the farm for two days > now and my arms and shoulders are fine. I also like fast lenses and am > willing to put up with extra weight for extra light. > > That's just me. I am a serious pro. > > Tina > >> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >> >> At first thought a 90-280mm sounds like an insanely hyper extended zoom no >> pro would use but it?s just a 70-300 with the ends snipped with a cigar >> cutter. >> Serious shooters tend to like 80-200?s not 70-300s. But I?m ok with them. >> I use them and am getting another one later this year. >> What I am getting is the just out AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR >> $746.95 as I trashed my earlier G version shooting upwards in the rain last >> year getting some of the best shots in my life.. Just a few foggy elements >> they refuse to clean it. Had I been shooting with a pro grade 80-200 2.8 it >> would have been sealed and I?d still have a lens and silk long underwear. >> The new out Nikon ?E? lens weights a pound and a half to the >> Vario-Elmarit-SL? s 4 pounds. It will not make as sharp an image as the >> $6000 Vario-Elmarit-SL but will have its moments as it?s got stuff like VR >> Rated 4.5 stops improvement so you can shoot a tree in the dark hand held >> with an less than a million iso and it?s got stuff no one has like an E >> Electronic diaphragm and AF-P: ?Stepper autofocus motor? faster and quieter >> lens both of which which others don?t have yet. For the price of the Leica >> lens I can get eight of these. What I need is wool socks. Thinner ones. I >> can get those too then can stop my lenses form clanging in my bag. >> >> I think where they went wrong with this Leica lens for the SL is making it >> a f2.8-4 which is the beginning of making of a monster. Anybody walking >> around with a current 80-200 2.8 AF? You?d have to have arms like Popeye. >> You can settle for an f 4 or 4.5 when you?re out all day with it Some very >> mouthwatering and tele zooms that no one is embarrassed about using are not >> f2.8?s F 4 is the new f2.8.* But Leica?s main focus now seems to be all >> about non-affordability. I you could possibly in a million years afford it >> what good is it? It?s for people who drive Ferraris; Leica has said goodbye >> to serious pros long ago. A serious pro could afford the body but not keep >> up at all with the glass. And it?s all about the glass. And having a second >> body. >> >> >> * I could wait for more money and get the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR >> for twice the cost at $1400. >> Probably better sealed than the AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR >> I feel like I should be able to shoot in the rain. And always have. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> >> On >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information