Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/09

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Subject: [Leica] 14mm 2.8D ED bad search
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Fri Nov 9 04:57:56 2007

Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:

>> http://www.naturfotograf.com/14nikkor_review.html

>
>After wavering a bit back and forth as to if the lens is better off with a
>1.5 crop or not he gives it a 5 out of 5, excellent for use with a digital
>with crop and a 4, very good when used full frame.
>He did go out and spend a grand and a half buying the lens after the review.
>So he must have been fairly impressed with the lens.
>Shooting ferns with it is no held why not shoot something architectural so
>we can see building turned into moustaches?
>
>Mark William Rabiner
>markrabiner.com
>

Also note in ths 2002 review that R?rslett cautions that the lens' 
performance weaknesses wll be more apparent on higher-resolution digital 
cameras such as (in this case) when he bought the D1X camera.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com