[LRflex] Re: OK Andy - Images
- From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:07:10 -0800
On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Was yours a ROM version? Mine is.
non ROM...
>
> 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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