Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A lenes first job is to be drop dead gorgeous. Its second job it to make gorgeous images! Same with cameras! On 6/3/15 5:57 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Sheesh. Another new comer... just like Sony... ;-) On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at > 2:26 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Wikipedia knows all, > > > "Takumar is the name that Asahi Optical gave to its lenses, notably but not > > exclusively those for its own SLR cameras. Named after the Japanese > > craftsman Takuma Kajiwara (???? ,Kajiwara Takuma" > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takumar> > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:20 PM, > John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > I think you may be looking at > the lenses from the wrong side ;-) They are > > for using rather than looking > at...... > > > > john > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LUG > [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On > > Behalf Of Mark > Rabiner > > Sent: Thursday, 4 June 2015 9:18 a.m. > > To: Leica Users Group > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Phase One XF medium format camera system > > > > Oh boy > a Pentax!! Will I be able to get Super Takumar lenses? NO! > > I know I just > checked the Ricoh site. > > A camera body is all about giving an impressive > line of glass a home . > > These babies are dog ugly...: not going to spend > five grand for them. > > http://www.us.ricoh-imaging.com/645z/lens.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/3/15 12:39 AM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Mark, > > $8,000 for a MF SLR PLUS a MFDB of 50MP PLUS a MF > 55/f2.8 about the same > > > cost as a M240 or new M246 or Nocti 0.95 all > alone. > > > > It's a freaking steal > > > anyway you slice it! The Canon > EOS1-D C is $8,000 18MP AND NO LENS! > > > > Yes it's > > > expensive, but > compared to others in the market, it's a give away! > > > > What are > > > you > waiting for? A Pentax complete MF camera and lens system for the > > > same > price as a Canon body... Keep us posted... :-) > > > > > > > > Bob Adler > > > Robert Adler > > > Photography > > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > > > > On > Jun 2, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Mark > > > Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > > > > > There's the aspect perhaps that > > > once you're getting into > thousands of > > > dollars not just hundreds you're > > > talking about > financing. And its a thing you arrange with a banker and > > > a payment is a > payment. Its a slight bigger monthly chunk of money > > > you're paying off to > get Schneider glass or Leica glass. Or Pentax > > > glass which is marvelously > above average. > > > So when it comes to having to finance something I'd go > for the gusto. > > > I'd not skimp on glass. And who knows what Pentax sensor > is like vs. > > > a Leica or a PhaseOne.? No clue. > > > > > > > > >> On > 6/2/15 9:13 > > > PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Our > local store is having a > > > Pentax 645Z sale where if you buy the body > (a50MP > > >> back is an integral > > > component), you get a free 55mm f/2,8 > lens. > > > > > > For > > >> $8k... > > > > > > Phase is > > > going to have a > tough time with prosumers and dilettantes > > >> like > > > me... > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Mark Rabiner > > >> > <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> A new standard in > photography is being hyped with this new > > > major upgrade to > > >> the > whole medium format PhaseOne system the whole thing > > > seemingly totally > > > >> re > > >> designed and the top ended of three > > >> cameras > > > having > a CMOS but the lower two > > >> sticking with a more traditional for > > >> > > > > medium format CCD. > > >> XF IQ3 80MP - $48,990 / ?38,990 CMOS > > >> XF > IQ3 60MP - > > >> > > > $41,990 / ?33,990 CCD > > >> XF IQ3 50MP - $40,990 / > ?31,990 CCD > > >> > > >> Is the top > > > end > > >> one the lower ones not > that much cheaper. > > >> > > >> What really caught me > > > is the way > > >> > the Schneider-Kreuznach leaf shutter > > >> lenses > > >> are being > > > > described or > > >> hyped. > > >> They are rated at 100MP. Not line pairs but > MP's > > > which are > > >> megapixels. So > > >> glass now is now rated now > by its real > > > resolution (line > > >> pairs), contrast or > > >> MTF > charts but on what size digital > > > file they can > > >> support. > > >> The > upshot one may assume you know when you spend > > > tens of thousands > > >> > on a > > >> new > > >> lens you wont be buying a camera > > > afterwards which > resolves higher > > >> than your > > >> lens thus putting a damper on > > > > the buying of the camera for a big > > >> part. > > >> To me this is a > milestone but > > > I'm ready for someone here to tell me > > >> its > > >> > been > > >> going on for years. > > > This is the first I've noticed. > > >> > > > >> I do > > >> think I've been using for most > > > of my digital experience > over the past > > >> dozen > > >> years glass that resolved > > > higher than > my camera bodies. And lived. > > >> But I've > > >> not been in a medium > > > > format mindset. Or do set. But instead I've > > >> been going > > >> through > the > > > burgeoning beginnings of fairly serious digital > > >> photography. > Not > > >> the pie > > > in the shy over the top end. > > >> > > >> Lenses > Ready for 100MP > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > > Mark > > >> William Rabiner > > > >> Photographer > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob > Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com ________________________________________ > _______ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/