Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know why you wouldn't recommend an R8, or a Leica for close-ups. Macro-Elmarit 60mm is a brilliant lens, and what I hear of APO Macro-Elmarit 100mm is nothing short of brilliant. I've used a Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:2.8S, but I ended up selling it (last week on eBay) because I was never satisfied of the colour rendition. Indeed, autofocus is unnecessary, or even disadvantageous for close-up photography. It is important to have a brilliant focussing screen for accurate focussing, and Leicaflex SL, SL2, and R8 are among the best. Nikon F3 has just a brilliant viewfinder, but you cannot use Leica glass with it (not without a lot of pain) > I have done a lot of macro on flowers and can > recommend the Nikon with ring flash. > > If you don't want or use flash try to get the 200mm > micro nikkor the extra distance from the subject > allows much more light and enables much better frame > filling and better DOF. > > I found manual focus is much better for macro work as > you can choose the critical point of focus which is > not always in the centre of the frame. > > --- Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com> wrote: > >(snip) > . . . I have things narrowed down to an R8, > > an F3 which comes > > >with some great glassware, or a new EOS body with a > > 28 to 70 f2.8 L > > >lens. I need an SLR because I do a lot of close ups > > of flowers. (I've > > >heard, by the way, that the Leica 60mm macro is a > > hell of a lens.)