Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats on the lens Jim. I've read about it and have seen some other examples of photos as well as yours. All look sharp. Enjoy Scott > On Jan 7, 2016, at 6:07 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > > Jim, > > I'd say that lens is a keeper. I just got the 23mm 1.4 and am trying to > decide whether to exchange it for another sample. It's kind of soft at > 1.4, but my other Fuji lenses (14mm, 35mm, 56mm, 60mm, 55-200) are all > sharp wide open. > > Ken > >> On 1/7/2016 12:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> Because the weather is threatening this morning, I looked around the >> house for suitable subjects for the new Fuji 35/2.0 lens. The first >> thing that caught my eye was the vintage Western Electric telephone on my >> desk. It remains in use because it has an amplified handset, which >> allows me to forget about hearing aids while working at the desk. (I >> first checked to see if the Macro setting of the X-E1 works with this >> lens, and it does not appear to change the minimum focus distance.) >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF2808fm.tif.html >> >> Next, I tried several shots of the pie crust table by the picture window, >> and ended up using flash against the back lighting, then converted it to >> B&W. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/By+the+Window.TIFF.html >> >> My conclusion is that the lens focuses very quickly and accurately, even >> at minimum focusing distance. >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information