No, Dave, I use the 50mm 1, 4 and 1,7 and a few Yashica lenses, 24, 55, and 200, which are surprisingly good, particularly the 2,8/55mm macro. Nearly everything in this gallery was taken with the Yashica macro. Yashica lenses are available at more or less give-away prices too http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150 I'm still on the lookout for C/Y lenses, there have been quite a lot on the second hand market recently, I'll probably try for a 1,4/85 and a 2,8/180 if I find them at the right price and a Yashica medical for macro work is a fascinating idea. BTW, the adapter is from Photo Huppert here in Germany, a bit expensive, but rumours say it's made by Zeiss/Leica/Novoflex, depending on who you listen to, anyway it's an excellent piece of precision engineering . Douglas Dave Saalsaa wrote: >Thanks, Douglas, is that your only Zeiss lens you have used on the 20D? > >Dave >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> >To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:01 PM >Subject: [LRflex] Re: More contoversy! > > > > >>Hello Dave, >>it's the 2,8/135mm Sonnar in Contax/Yashica mount, I've found it beats >>my Leica R 2,8/135mm (SL version) into a cocked hat. >>I have read that some people find the colour rendition a little cool and >>clinical, but I like it. >>cheers >>Douglas >> >>Dave Saalsaa wrote: >> >> >> >>>Douglas, >>> Excellent shot of the birds. Which Zeiss lens is this? Is it in an M 42 >>>mount? >>> >>>Dave >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> >>>To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:17 PM >>>Subject: [LRflex] Re: More contoversy! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Perish the thought David, >>>>I think that a comparison is a good thing- just side by side-, and >>>>they're excellent photos too, but I don't think there is any real way of >>>>making an evaluative >>>>statement about one or the other. The gist of my mail was just an >>>>attempt or suggestion, to get away from comparing apples and oranges >>>>and more towards >>>>comparing Granny Smith and Golden Delicious. Which, at the end of the >>>>day boils down to a matter of taste (and price per kilo ;-) ). >>>>Ted is of course right in what he wrote, it really doesn't matter a >>>>tinker's toss as long as we're getting the shots we want, which I am >>>>with the 20D and it looks as if you are with your new DMR. At least >>>>you'll be using purely Leica glass from now on - must be quite a relief, >>>>not having to compare Canon and Leica lenses too :-) >>>>cheers >>>>Douglas >>>>BTW, http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3558_crop >>>>cropped out of the centre of a frame from the Canon 20D at ISO 800 - >>>>with a Zeiss lens - just to start the next controvery >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>------ >>>>Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>>> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>>>Archives are at: >>>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------ >>>Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>>Archives are at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>------ >>Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> >> > > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/