Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I find the old 24-85 f3.5 - 4.5G lens to be superior in every way. Buying the latest version of the 24-120 (the f4 one) was a big mistake - I am going to advertise and sell it this weekend. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > I check B&H and find that they sell a "kit" Nikon D700 SLR Digital Camera > Kit with 24-120mm VR Lens for $3,996.90 (and you'd think you'd have to pay > Four Grand for such a combo) > This is a lens I'd kill for. The pix I'd do with one would take no > prisoners. I'd never sleep. > The lens itself cost thirteen hundred bucks and uses a 77mm filter. > Not real Leica like. But will do in the interim. > > And faster than a measly 700 millions miles an hour too. > If that's as fast as I could ever go I'd get a tune up! > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/onthisAutumnday/ > > > > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:05:07 -0500 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window > > > > Mine too. > > -- > > Mark R. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/onthisAutumnday/ > > > > > >> From: Gene duprey <grduprey at mchsi.com> > >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:23:20 -0600 (CST) > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] High Rez Bergdorf's window > >> > >> My D700 was lens free (No lens) > > > > Gene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > >> "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > > To: "Leica Users Group" > >> <lug at leica-users.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:32:09 AM GMT -06:00 > >> US/Canada Central > > 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/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See > >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >> information > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See > >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See > >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >> information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users > >> Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >> information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users > >> Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >