[LRflex] Re: OK Andy - Images
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:07:20 -0800
Was yours a ROM version? Mine is.
Aram
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From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:34 AM
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LRflex] Re: OK Andy - Images
>
> On Feb 9, 2010, at 8:25 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
>
>> Richard. I assume this is directed at me, so I will answer.
>>
>> If in the future I switch to Canon full time or Leica or 4/3 or whatever,
>> the lens I will definitely keep is the 100/2.8 APO Macro. If you are
>> contemplating Macro for any camera, this is the lens you should buy.
>> Have
>> it adapted to whatever platform you are using. Macro work is slow and
>> deliberate anyway, so who cares if the metering is a chore or you do not
>> have manual focus. I guess I would not use it to chase bees around. You
>> would have to wait for them to come to you, but as far as performance
>> from a
>> macro lens, you will not do better in any other camp.
>> As for a review, check http://tinyurl.com/yc42fh6
>
>
> mine is leitaxed to a Nikon D700
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>> Many others out there.
>>
>> So, save your pennies and look for one.
>>
>> As for protection from the rain, I use a shower hat most of the time.
>> Nice
>> cheap ones from motels. Did buy an OpTech rain sleeve and use it
>> sometimes,
>> but harder at times to use a manual focus lens that way. If it is mist
>> from
>> a waterfall that is coming in from all directions, the rain sleeve is
>> bests,
>> but it it is falling from the sky, the shower hat is just fine.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: "Richard Ward" <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 8:50 PM
>> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: OK Andy - Images
>>
>>> Hi Andy,
>>> Thanks for following Ted's aphorisms and taking those gorgeous images!
>>> They made me long for a drizzly spring afternoon to go shooting in -
>>> risking my well worn and NON waterproof 20D all the way. Kudos to you.
>>> Query: Even in the small images the stunning uber goodness of the lens
>>> assisting you in creating those images shouted out to me quite loudly. I
>>> assume the 100mm f2.8 apo is a Macro lens - Can you comment on this
>>> point
>>> or comment on the lens in general? I'm contemplating going the R Lens
>>> route for a Macro Lens in the future. Kind of a tough call with the
>>> other
>>> R lenses I own.
>>> I have a 90mm f2.8 Elmarit that I haven't really gotten to use much yet,
>>> but have (unsurprisingly!) found it to be quite wonderful so far. It
>>> becomes a 144mm lens on my 20D which is a bit limiting, but once I have
>>> a
>>> Full Frame dSLR it may become a go-to lens. My other R lens is the
>>> Summicron 50mm f2 and it is a genuine joy to use and handle when I get
>>> to
>>> do some shooting. With the Summicron being a 80mm equivalent it stands
>>> to
>>> reason my Elmarit will get more usage in the future.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> Be Nice To Your Children!
>>> They Will Be Choosing
>>> Your Nursing Home :-)
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 9:01:09 PM
>>> Subject: [LRflex] OK Andy - Images
>>>
>>> Been rainy here, just as it was a few weeks ago when we were in Southern
>>> California. Here are a few rain shots taken in Rancho Cucamonga (say
>>> that
>>> three times fast).
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/xmas09/fl/rain-6921.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/xmas09/fl/rain-6914_001.jpg.html
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/xmas09/fl/rain-6918_001.jpg.html
>>>
>>> View large, please.
>>>
>>> Taken with Rebel XTi and Leica 100/2.8 APO in manual mode. See, I am
>>> practicing what I preach.
>>>
>>> Comment welcome, please. That why I know you are looking and we are off
>>> this hardware thread for a while.
>>>
>>> Aram
>>>
>>>
>>>
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