Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, the tamron on the d800e is a disaster, i bought and returned two copies of the lens cause the VC works in slow speed and the in medium shutter speed, pictures were blurry and also the cam on both lenses for nikon were misaligned, u can chk this youself, put your camera in liveview and start moving tht aperture from 2.8 upward, u will not see changes till 4 On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Don't jump to conclusions Mark. Have you actually shot the new stabilized > Tamron 24-70 on one of your Nikons? Did you notice I said I tried the best > Nikon 50 too? > I've only shot about 500 frames with the Tamron on my D7000. It behaves > quite well but of course the package on a dSLR is a lot bigger than > anything on my M9. I have only just replaced that camera with the D600. So > I was first interested in just checking the focus accuracy and speed of > operation for what I am trying to learn shooting wise right now. > Specifically I want to know what it does on my new camera at a moderate > aperture, 50mm and subject about 2 meters away. The other lens I tried on > this first play was the Nikon AF-S 50 1.4. I bought that with the D600. > You'll be annoyed to hear that my initial pixel peeping showed me that my > 24-70 AF is right on the 0 gradation of my focus target and the 50 is > actually a bit out (20mm at 2m) and its focus operation is actually a > little slower. I am not seeing any quality differences at all in these > specific test shots as yet. In fact I think the Tamron has the edge > currently due to that focus error i need to resolve. But I need to > calibrate the camera for that and try again. Very early days yet of course. > I have high hopes for that Nikon 50 on the D600 or I wouldn't have bought > them. Actually I got them right now because some pixel peeping proved that > my Summilux 50 ASPH has gone out of adjustment and is away for > recalibration. It was last done in Solms in 2009. 5000 or so frames later, > it is well out. > > Even more heresy, I got one of the new Olympus EM-5 (OM D) cameras as well > ;-) > > > cheers > Geoff > > On 14/10/2012, at 11:19, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > You're putting Tamron glass on your Nikon and shocked that you're Leica's > > are outclassing your results? > > > > Clearly from the get go your Nikon use is a very low priority for you. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > >> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:17:15 +1000 > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D800E pixel-peepers > >> > >> I have my Leica side participating and my D600 side lurking off list. > But > >> these Nikons need some really good glass, however good the sensors and > >> camera processing, especially the noise management at high ISO's. Great > >> metering, features and designs and the logical choice for many types of > >> shots. I hate the flat, vague focus screen for manual focus after the > >> KatzEye one I had in my D7000. Now Rachael at KatzEye tells me that they > >> are finding the new high end Nikons impossible to design for. > >> > >> The best Nikon 50 and the (new Tamron stabilised) 24-70 I have look > OK... > >> until the next frame on my monitor that was shot with modern Leica M > >> glass. The difference makes me weep. I think I'll sell the house and > some > >> kidneys and just get the new S. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Geoff > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > >> > >> > >> > >> On 14 October 2012 00:44, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:54:58 -0400 > >>> From: "A. Lal" <alal at poly.edu> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: 300mm f/4.5 Nikkor*ED AI price reduced > >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> > >>> D800E pixel-peepers lurking on the LUG? Surely not...? > >>> > >>> Well, > >>> Jayanand and I don't lurk - we participate!! > >>> :-) > >>> Cheers > >>> Howard > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad