[LRflex] Re: Leitax
- From: Gary Pinkerton <gpinkcp@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:18:44 -0600
Just 'weighing' my options if I decide to go to digital after all my Kodachrome
is gone :)
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leitax
> From: steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:04:30 -0800
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Gary Pinkerton wrote:
>
> > Anyone know the weight difference in a D700 versus a R8/DMR?
>
>
> that's one way to make a decision,
>
> :-)
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> > TIA
> > Gary
> >
> > > From: wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:45:42 -0500
> > > Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leitax
> > >
> > > Axel Collier wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok charlie, now i understand what it means, but not why i should miss
> > > > it.
> > > It is the
> > > > first time i hear from it. So i could hardly miss it.
> > >
> > > When using a Leica-R lens on any camera other than a Leica reflex, for
> > > example the Nikon D700, the aperture will not stay open before you press
> > > ths shutter release. For example, if you want to use an f/8 aperture for
> > > correct exposure, the camera's viewfinder will become darker because the
> > > aperture has closed to f/8 instead of staying open at f/2 (with a
> > > Summicron
> > > lens). This can make it more difficult to focus quickly and accurately.
> > > One way to get around this problem is to set the lens to f/2, focus, then
> > > set the lens to f/8 and make the picture.
> > >
> > > This takes more time to do than if the auto diaphragm were working as it
> > > does on a Leica reflex camera, but as several people on this list have
> > > shown, it can work quite well in some circumstances.
> > >
> > > > Thank you for your patience with my noob questions.
> > >
> > > We were all noobs at one time :)
> > >
> > > Doug Herr
> > > Birdman of Sacramento
> > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> > >
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