[Leica] M8 Should Follow D200 for lens selection

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 10/21/06 10:52 AM, "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net> typed:

> Now you're talking good stuff. I find the 180/2.8 and the 85/1.4 AIS
> lenses to be fantastic on both the D200 and the D2X.
> 
> As far as the menu issue on the M8 goes, the reason to tell the
> camera what lens you're using is to correct vignetting due to the
> extreme angle a wide angle lens gives to the edges of the sensor. The
> coding on the new lenses is a cheap way of partially emulating a CPU.
> 
> Len
> 
> 
I find using an old ai 28 2.8 or 55 2.8 macro on my d200 very in the Leica M
mode of shooting sure its a stretch. I feel very compact and manual. And non
program with my hand on the aperture ring I feel very much more in control.
And with the lenses themselves being a half to a quarter the size and weight
of the big AF-S ED IF zooms.
And also with my fingers on the focusing ring on the lens..
And things all in all feeling much less plasticy and more solid and metal
like.





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