Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I find this to be an interesting image. I never imagined fire escapes in such close proximity to one another. And, though you obviously had to tilt the camera upward, the distortion is not bad at all. A very nice job! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:53 PM Subject: [Leica] Fire escapes Soho yesterday at this time of the day. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/thisyear/120711_163958.jpg.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/coanl25 > > 7/11/12, 4:39:58 PM, Soho facade, 80.0-200.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 Nikkor > > This is a real lightweight zoom about Nikons lightest. > To an old timer such as myself when I think zoom I think 80-200mm. The > others are upstarts not to be trusted. > This is a compact light one they made a few decades ago then stopped. > It got too easy and non competitive for them to do this. They had to move > on > to the 70-300's which were dumb and heavy and I got one and rarely feel > like > walking around with it. It's an ED. > > This 80.0-200.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 Nikkor could focus a bit closer for my taste. > But's 332.85 grams, 11.7 oz's, .7 of a pound. 3 oz's lighter than my 80mm > 1.8 Nikkor D AF. > I got it around 2004 for less than a hundred bucks used from Pro Photo in > Portland Oregon. > > This shot I'm please by the way it all came together. And it appears to be > sharper than heck. (Sorry Erwin!) > > Fire escapes in Soho are for sure a clich?. But I think if you do a real > good job you're off the hook a bit. > > > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >