Very best lenses to use on a DLSR

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I found this forum thread very interesting in light of people asking
about using other manufacture's lenses on their cameras.


http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/275750

Guy Mancuso's list.

Leica 15mm 2.8 is the best better than the Leica 3.4 and Zeiss 3.4

18mm goes to Zuiko and Zeiss

19mm Leica

21mm Zeiss, Oly

24 goes to Canon the 1.4

28 Leica, Zeiss and Oly

35mm this one is tough Leica there are 3 that are all excellent, zeiss
has the 35 mm and canon has the best wide they make the 1.4

50mm Leica summricon F2 , Zeiss 1.7 and the rest follow in my opinion

85mm Zeiss 1.2 and Canon 1.2

90 Leica apo

100 zeiss planar,

135 Zeiss and canon tough call here

180 No question the Leica F2 and 2.8

200 canon 1.8 and zeiss 200 F2

300 and above all are canon except slip in the Leica 280 in there

Best teleconverter Leica 1.4 and 2 Apo

Best Macro Leica 100 macro APO, Oly 90

Best PC lens Zeiss 35 and Leica 28 and the Oly 24mm The Z is the best

Just a idea and I may have missed one or 2 but anything here on this
list should be excellent

Best Zooms Leica 21-35, 28-90 and the Zeiss 35-70 for the mid range
but the all time best is the Leica 35-70 2.8 only 200 made.
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On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 10:29:00 -0700, Slack
<slacker7_ReMoVe_ThIs@scglobal.net> wrote:

>John A. Stovall wrote:
>
>> I found this forum thread very interesting in light of people asking
>> about using other manufacture's lenses on their cameras.
>>
>>
>> http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/275750
>>
>> Guy Mancuso's list.
>>
>> Leica 15mm 2.8 is the best better than the Leica 3.4 and Zeiss 3.4
>>
>> 18mm goes to Zuiko and Zeiss
>>
>>
><snip long list of Zeiss & Lecia)
>
>
>Where does one purchase a Zeiss or Leica lens? Are they still in
>production?

Some are and others you look for on the used market.

See you local Leica dealer.

http://www.leica-camera.com/produk [...] dex_e.html

and learn where to find them via google.

Expect to pay over 2K for some of the Zeiss glass.


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"There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world
at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe
that war will cease to exist in the future. As man has become
increasingly civilized, his means of destroying his fellow man
have become ever more efficient, cruel and devastating.
Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which
has existed throughout history by means of photography?
The proportions of that notion seem ridiculously out of balance.
Yet, that very idea has motivated me.

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On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:10:18 GMT, "bmoag" <aetoo@hotmail.com> wrote:

>This is relevant to the real world in just what way?
>Its like saying my Mercedes E would be perfect if only it had the intake
>manifold of a Lexus 450.
>I don't have a Mercedes. I used to have a Lexus, though.
>It is not certain that these wide angle primes would work adequately on
>digital sensors as the angle at which the sensors optimally accept light may
>not mesh with the optical characteristics of the lenses.

Try a Zeiss 21 on a 1DsII.

>There is at least one easy, if expensive way, to test at least Leica M mount
>lenses in the digital world.
>It would be interesting if someone reliable, as opposed to the usual stuff
>seen on the web and these newsgroups, evaluated the classic Leica M
>rangefinder lenses on the new Epson digital rangefinder with the Leica M
>mount.
>In fact, that would be so interesting, and possible revealing, that this
>survey will never likely appear in any of the major camera magazines either.
>Not that any of them are bastions of objective reliability either.
>Now, if someone wants to donate the Epson digital rangefinder camera to me I
>will post my results using my Leica M mount lenses . . .
>

Some of us have Zeiss and Lecia glass and want to put the best lenses
on our cameras. It's very relevant if you real world includes making
the best possible images we can.


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"There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world
at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe
that war will cease to exist in the future. As man has become
increasingly civilized, his means of destroying his fellow man
have become ever more efficient, cruel and devastating.
Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which
has existed throughout history by means of photography?
The proportions of that notion seem ridiculously out of balance.
Yet, that very idea has motivated me.

James Nachtwey
War Photographer
http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/

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On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:45:16 -0400, Rich <none@none.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:30:23 GMT, John A. Stovall
><johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>I found this forum thread very interesting in light of people asking
>>about using other manufacture's lenses on their cameras.
>>
>>
>>http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/275750
>>
>>Guy Mancuso's list.
>>
>>Leica 15mm 2.8 is the best better than the Leica 3.4 and Zeiss 3.4
>>
>>18mm goes to Zuiko and Zeiss
>>
>>19mm Leica
>>
>>21mm Zeiss, Oly
>>
>>24 goes to Canon the 1.4
>>
>>28 Leica, Zeiss and Oly
>>
>>35mm this one is tough Leica there are 3 that are all excellent, zeiss
>>has the 35 mm and canon has the best wide they make the 1.4
>>
>>50mm Leica summricon F2 , Zeiss 1.7 and the rest follow in my opinion
>>
>>85mm Zeiss 1.2 and Canon 1.2
>>
>>90 Leica apo
>>
>>100 zeiss planar,
>>
>>135 Zeiss and canon tough call here
>>
>>180 No question the Leica F2 and 2.8
>>
>>200 canon 1.8 and zeiss 200 F2
>>
>>300 and above all are canon except slip in the Leica 280 in there
>>
>>Best teleconverter Leica 1.4 and 2 Apo
>>
>>Best Macro Leica 100 macro APO, Oly 90
>>
>>Best PC lens Zeiss 35 and Leica 28 and the Oly 24mm The Z is the best
>>
>>Just a idea and I may have missed one or 2 but anything here on this
>>list should be excellent
>>
>>Best Zooms Leica 21-35, 28-90 and the Zeiss 35-70 for the mid range
>>but the all time best is the Leica 35-70 2.8 only 200 made.
>
>And no Nikons?
>-Rich

Yes, "No Nikons".
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"There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world
at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe
that war will cease to exist in the future. As man has become
increasingly civilized, his means of destroying his fellow man
have become ever more efficient, cruel and devastating.
Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which
has existed throughout history by means of photography?
The proportions of that notion seem ridiculously out of balance.
Yet, that very idea has motivated me.

James Nachtwey
War Photographer
http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/

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McLeod wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:04:18 GMT, John A. Stovall
> <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Yes, "No Nikons".
>
>
> After reading the original thread the lens choices are hardly
> surprising since it is the equipment that he owns.


That's what I was thinking. I always have read the 35-80 F2.8 zuiko zoom was
one of the best of that range and he didn't include it?
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Stacey