Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed the Nikon D800 is astounding (please lotto or Santa)...for me the D3 was (and is) the first digital camera (Nikon and yes D700 and 300s and 90 but I never owned those) that could stand against film... (me late 40's shooting since 14) However, aside from the cheap kit lenses (or olde days Series E lenses) which some like, wasn't a 35mm Kodachrome 40MP of data... I see so much gnashing of teeth about lenses not being worth of the D800 (and yes some thrid party or plastic crap may not) but any reasonable Nikkor SHOULD be able to keep up with the camera demands.... This from someone who blew his Kodachromes of Tanzania to 30 x 40 all the time On Dec 10, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I think the D800E improves all lenses - when you down sample a lot of the > perceived ills disappear - and distortion can now be cured by a click of a > post processing button! If soft corners bother you, they can again be fixed > with a light crop - just leave some space around when you frame the image. > After all, you have 36MP to play around with! > > I like the 24-85 because it is light, and sharp. I actually bought the > 24-120 f4 on an impulse, and sold it soon after because I preferred the > fully plastic, 10 year old 24-85 for my regular use. If you are a pixel > peeper, or in the business of making really big prints, then of course > better lenses are there at $$$$ cost, but looking at it from a practical > point of view, a lot of these older lenses perform really well - three 10+ > year old lenses are on my normal rota - this one, 180mm f2.8, 85mm f1.8. Up > to A2 sized prints, viewed from normal distances, you will be hard pressed > to tell the difference between lenses on the D800E. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:40 AM, HENG HOE CHING <davidhhching at me.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Jaya, >> >> Super resolutions on your latest efforts with the D800E and the AFS 24-85. >> Is it the camera or the lens? So all those talk about the D800E out >> resolving the lesser lenses is not quite true? LUGger Len reports that his >> old Nikon lenses have now a new lease of life with his OM-D EM-5 too. >> >> And I am currently testing both these bodies out too. Great to see such >> results from you. Can't wait long enough for the M. >> >> Best, >> >> David Ching >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information