Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1! The 90-280 SL APO is a spectacular lens!! All of the SL lenses I have are. Tina On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Frank Filippone wrote: > > >Sounds like Doug looked into the Dark Side and the reflection came up > with a > >Sony Lens..... > >I was wondering what you thought of the Sony 100-400. How did it compare > to > >the 280 APO? > >Or was it an issue of more convenience outweighed the IQ differences, > which > >must have been reasonably small.....? > > Convenience is certainly a factor. I don't think of it as a 100-400 zoom, > it's more like a 400mm lens that allows a wider field of view if a critter > is unexpectedly close. > > When I bought the lens I had flashbacks to VW's television ads in the late > 1960s, when they first started selling beetles with an automatic > transmission: "Volkswagen takes a giant leap into the present". Stealing > from the 'total immersion' method of learning a foreign language I've used > it almost exclusively for the last few months. The AF has taken some > getting used to. It scores big on convenience except when it doesn't i.e., > picks the wrong target like a distant background instead of the bird on a > twig 10' away. I can say that it's quick and accurate when it picks the > right target and there's never any of the AF micro-adjustment BS that most > DSLR users take for granted. > > Optically: if I'd never seen how good a lens can be I'd be delighted with > it. No bad habits at any focal length or aperture, quite sharp, > unobtrusive bokeh, no sign so far of ugly flare. The thing is, I've seen > how good a lens can be (280/4 R APO, 90-280 SL APO). > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html