Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, Thanks - I think it is just horses for courses. Nikon has been on a roll with their full frame offerings, and to my eyes, the D800E paired with new f1.8 series of Nikon primes gives unbeatable results for the price. Remember, too, that quite a few photos of the Antarctic trip were shot with the new Nikkor 70-200 f4 wide open, like this one, for example - I find the results more than acceptable for my use: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_3039.jpg.html I am extremely happy with my Nikon equipment and their new crop of lenses, which I find suits both my wildlife and street shooting needs. Compared to German lenses, Nikkor lenses are an absolute bargain, and more than enough for my needs. For example, I got a Zeiss 25mm f2 for my Nikon system, and found the Nikkor 28mm f1.8 95% as good, much more convenient and I tend to get many more keepers, and at half the price. I am trying to sell the Zeiss off now! BTW, I am a big fan of both autofocus and auto-exposure, which, IMHO, makes it much easier to capture something interesting! Jayanand On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:17 PM, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > Jayanand, > I am very impressed with your photographs from the Antarctic. They are > both interesting and well composed. But equally important, they are of > superb technical quality. I had the opportunity to examine them large > sized on a high resolution monitor and they are as good as anything I have > ever seen on the Lug. You are forcing me to re-examine my long standing > antipathy to Nikon gear stemming from? bad experiences with a Nikon F SLR. > Perhaps the best equipment isn't made in Germany after all. > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information