Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How does the 60 macro do in the far-field range? My 55 micro-nikkor was Ginsu-sharp for close-up work but very soft out past 20 feet. At infinity it had the quality of a cheap P&S lens. Eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:44 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] B. D. photos for dissection > That 60 is one AMAZING lens...light...compact...just wish it was a 1.4.;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of faneuil > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 10:30 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] B. D. photos for dissection > > > wow - I so miss my old Nikkor 55 2.8 macro lens. > > Eric > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 7:55 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] B. D. photos for dissection > > > > Thanks. Little girl - Nikon 60 2.8 Macro. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of faneuil > > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 3:32 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] B. D. photos for dissection > > > > > > Really, really like the close-up of the boy tilted off to the left. The > > thin plane of focus is just where it should be. It was the first shot > > that grabbed me. What lens? > > > > Eric > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 10:39 AM > > Subject: [Leica] B. D. photos for dissection > > > > > > > I've added nine tri-x shots to the group from the family reunion trip > > > - > > four > > > of which are a sequence... > > > > > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/folder-3290.html > > > > > > And there is NO question that, given the digital camera I used and its > > > > > capture capabilities, film trumped digital. :-) > > > > > > B. D. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry > > > Ting > > > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 10:20 AM > > > To: majordomo@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; Leica-users > > > Subject: [Leica] Super-Angulon R 21mm > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone comment on the pros, cons, performance > > > etc.... of this Leica 21mm Super-Angulon, sn # 3290XXX > > > ? Bearing the Super-Angulon nonmenclature, does anyone > > > know if Leica made this lens or is it made by > > > Schneider or Zeiss. Being a slow lens (f 4), I do find > > > that this lens is awefully hard to focus. However, > > > having a very wide DOF, it probably is a non-issue. > > > Also do I need specific wide-angle thin-profile > > > filters for this lens ? Thanks > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html