[Leica] Buying a Leica lens?

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

I think the cognitive dissonance here is that the Japanese Zeiss ZM are the
shite whereas the Japanese (Thailandese? Vietnamese? Chinese?) Nikon /
Canon are tack sharp. You really can't have it both ways.



On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I think, and I'm sure most of us are kidding or I sure hope so, that most
> of
> the Nikon and Canon glass is good to inspired glass. Its not just adequate.
> But I feel Leica glass is better than good to inspired. Its got a wow
> factor. Its dazzlingly good.  And I think Leica M glass has come a long way
> since I got into it 19 years ago. I was lucky to get into it before it went
> off the deep end pricewise and put my system together.
>
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
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>
> > From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:48:21 -0400
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens?
> >
> > So true. Can't believe anyone would commit the blasphemy of claiming that
> > any of that Japanese junk could be anything but holga-crap-fuzzy soft.
> >
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> > On 4/2/12 1:52 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> >
> >> It cannot possibly be "sharp as a tack" since it is cheap and not a
> Leica.
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
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> >>
> >> YNWA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 2, 2012, at 5:35 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >>
> >>> I also walked out of a photo store with a used 500 4.5 Nikkor not the
> >>> most
> >>> current version and dirt cheap and it is sharp as a tack. I have an OK
> >>> 70-300 zoom and it is not as good nor has a tripod collar. So I try to
> >>> use
> >>> the 300 if I can. Its built like a steel tank. I love the tripod
> collar.
> >>>
> >>> Here's the moon at a 15th of a second during a full eclipse which it
> was
> >>> fully eclipsed. It was very dark red. Darker than it looks here.
> >>> I think at a 15th of a second the moon is moving but I though it was a
> >>> viable image.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Autumndays/101221_034520.jpg.h
> >>> tml
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - - from my iRabs.
> >>> Mark Rabiner
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>>> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:14:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens?
> >>>>
> >>>> Dr. Ted Grant wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> DID YOU EVER JUST WALK IN YOUR FAVOURITE CAMEARA STORE AND SAY?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "I need a 35mm  or 50 mm lens for my Leica M whatever and out the
> >>>>> door in to
> >>>>> assignmnet action with nary a concern other   when are you going to
> >>>>> pay for
> >>>>> this?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yup (a Nikon 300mm f/4.5) and I got lucky.  I didn't know it at the
> >>>> time but
> >>>> the previous model, a really poor lens, had been upgraded to
> >>>> 'adequate'.
> >>>>
> >>>> Doug Herr
> >>>> Birdman of Sacramento
> >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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