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Subject: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:33:55 -0500

The 10-24 is a DX lens though though not cheap $869.95 I'd think it would
not be packaged  with a full frame D700.
-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:32:09 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
> 
> Le 13 d?c. 11 ? 01:36, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :
> 
>> That's a perk on the nikon vs. canon lenses. Their kit glass really
>> has
>> great specs. As long as you don't bang them going through a door out
>> of
>> whack. They look embarrassing but they make very good images. Though
>> I've
>> not used one in over a year there is not kit glass for full frame.
> 
> I bought my D700 with the infamous -free- 24-10 ; package by Nikon, Mark
> different markets I guess
> Philippe
> 
> 
>> I was shooting this thing on P so it was wide open which was 5.6 at
>> 20mm
>> which means everything front to back is sharp as hell. I could not
>> even
>> believe it. That's also an advantage to shooting cropped. Its ten
>> times
>> harder for me to get it all with my 24-85 full frame glass which in
>> comparison weights a ton.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mark R.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:52:05 -0600
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
>>> 
>>> Very nicely captured, Mark.  Nice to find a gem among the bargain
>>> lenses.
>>> 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:01 PM
>>> Subject: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I was going over window's I'd shot Dec 12 2008 at Bergdorf's that
>>>> night and
>>>> was amazed by the detail and high quality so I checked the
>>>> metadata to see
>>>> which of my real money Nikon glass I'd shot it with. The 28 1.4 or
>>>> perhaps
>>>> 14 2.8.
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/c4bmnog
>>>> It turned out the be the lowly 99 dollar special 18.0-55.0 mm f/
>>>> 3.5-5.6 DX
>>>> non VR which you get when you click the sort  for cheaper at top
>>>> bottom on
>>>> the Adorama or B&H sites. Maybe Calumet.
>>>> So I left it at a much  higher rez than 1200 pixels on the long
>>>> end so you
>>>> can really see it when you click the zoom in button on the LUG
>>>> gallery.
>>>> The iso was 400 so there really was a lot of light in these
>>>> window. And it
>>>> makes for some real quality images.
>>>> The windows at Bergdorf's  which are the best I've ever seen
>>>> anywhere have
>>>> not been as good the past three of years.   09 and 10 and '11.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Mark R.
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window)
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