Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] D700
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:13:44 +1030
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I have the 24/1.4 too.  Its clearly designed for the FX sensors and
has better correction than the 28/1.4.  It's even better than the
Leica 24/1.4 which I tested at the same time, but it is about five
times the volume.

Marty

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Maybe. I went back to the d1scussion list to have a look at who liked it,
> and most users who did so were either photojournalists or wedding
> photographers. IMHO It has a perfect range for street photography on a full
> frame body...
>
> Maybe you should swap the old 28mm f1.4 for the new 24mm f1.4?
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> No, this was the 24-120 f3.5-5.6 VR AF-S. ?I didn't know it had been
>> redesigned. ?I got sent that one, the 3.5-5.6 on a review camera in
>> April. ?I have enough decent glass now that when I get Nikons for
>> review I ask them to send the camera without a lens. ?I didn't know it
>> had been redesigned, but the new glass gets released in Australia a
>> while, sometimes several months, after the rest of the world.
>>
>> One sad thing the D3x made me realise is that my much loved 28 1.4
>> AF-D is showing its age. ?I always knew it wasn't as good as the
>> Summicron, but it was starting to look rather ragged wide open and
>> close up on the D3x.
>>
>> Marty
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
>> gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Marty,
>> > Do you mean the one launched a short while ago that has just hit the
>> market?
>> > 24-120 f4? In the Nikon lists it is getting good reviews.
>> > Cheers
>> > Jayanand
>> >
>> > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> The new 24-120 is just as bad as the first one. ?I don't know if it's
>> >> been redesigned optically, but it is cosmetically different and has
>> >> AF-S and VR. ?When I tested a Nikon D700 that was the lens that Nikon
>> >> sent with the camera. ?I thought something was wrong with the camera
>> >> until I tried it with some better glass.
>> >>
>> >> I agree on VR; it's great. ?It's just a shame that subject movement
>> >> makes it less useful for what I do, but a camera with built-in
>> >> anti-shake and good f1.4 lenses would be nice.
>> >>
>> >> Marty
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
>> >> rabinergroup.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > >From what I know the 24-120 established a bad rep from day one but
>> was
>> >> > completely redone a few years later then completely redone again then
>> a
>> >> few
>> >> > years later completely redone again with VR. It could be ok by now
>> though
>> >> I
>> >> > like zooms which vear on the conservative side. But the 24-120 has 
>> >> > VR.
>> >> > And VR is a not to be an underestimated game changer.
>> >> >
>> >> > Voucher Recharge
>> >> > Verification Requirement
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --------------------
>> >> > Mark William Rabiner
>> >> > Photography
>> >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> >> > mark at rabinergroup.com
>> >> > Cars: ? http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
>> >> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:19:10 +1030
>> >> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't like zooms. ?The 24-70 2.8 AF-S is decent. ?The 24-120 is 
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> worst; the real dog of the Nikkor range.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Just about any wide range zoom is hopeless for architectural work.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Marty
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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