Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. I agree that some Nikon lenses are terrific. And autofocus is invaluable at times. Plus, that F100 is a super body. It's a great time to be a photographer with all the fantastic equipment available. But back when I used Nikon (and granted it's been 6 years at least), I was frustrated with some things. Color balance, for one. If I changed lenses in mid-roll under the same lighting conditions I could see a difference. I really favor prime lenses, mainly because I like wider apertures, so I changed lenses quite a bit. A couple of lenses -- 35/2 and 180/2.8 -- really seemed to be on the warm side. Though they were both fine performers otherwise. I got tired of eating batteries, too. I ended up using the F3 HP most of the time. Since I was into manual focus, I tried Contax for a while (which matched exactly with my Hasselblad lenses. Very even color) and finally Leica. I bought an SL because it was a bargain. It turned out to be expensive in the long run since I started buying R gear. The R7 is very much like my previous favorite body, the F3HP. No place to go now...except backwards :-). Dave At 06:10 PM 10/27/01 -0400, you wrote: >David - There's no question the Leica glass is terrific. Nor is there >any question that one can live ones whole life with only manual focus >and never know the difference. But as one who uses Ms and an F100, I can >say that not only is autofocus a terrific thing to have, but you also >get used to using the autofocus lenses on manual on the F100. If you >want to. ;-) > >B. D. > >Oh - and there are some Nikon lenses that, I am convinced, are every bit >as good as the corresponding Leica lenses. A few anyway. ;-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html