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<p>I just picked up a thin tele-elmarit, Im using it on an M6 and an Olympus Ep1 and I love this lens, its great wide open and on the ep1 I have a great reach with it. Its so light and easy to handle.</p>

<p>Ive had the Older silver Elmarit 2.8 and loved that too, mine was really beat up but still made wonderful images, I also had the APO Lanthar for years and it too was great lens. Id say if your buget allows get the Leica if not get the APO CV I surmise you will love either one.</p>

Ive had both. The 24-85 I used on an F100 and now I have a 17-55 on the d200. They are in a different league all together. The 24-85 has very prounounced ditortion at the wide end and soft wide open where as the 17-55 has little distortion and is sharp from 2.8-8.0 IMO That and the obvious difference in focal length

Hans, that is only true if you remember to bring the adapter with you! Ive learned this the hard way!

Its a heavy camera with the Mb-200 and 17-55 F2.8 If you don't need the vertical grip don't bother. Just get yourself an extra battery, or two.

Eric, glad to have you, Jazz Fest IS New Orleans. You will have a great time, Ill be around too.

 

Sam

Thats better Bill, thanks for showing the world what an ass you truly are.

 

Amazing one needs a Leica to shoot boobs on Bourbon St. Real talent you got there.

Thats great Bill, you went to Bourbon St. and saw a guy passed out in front of Chris Owens' place, and you dub it "Spirit of New Orleans"

 

I disagree completely. Ive lived here my whole life and never passed out on the street, not once.

 

As for the photo essay, I think Feli covered a good bit of ground. I was actually surprised to see the infamous shrimp boat in your essay. Its one block from our home. The homeowners set it ablaze last August because the parish would not remove it.

 

I would like to interject that the areas where feli photographed look pretty much the same today, yes they have been cleaned of debris but little progress is happening. Of the 100,000 plus application for aid, only 234 have received a check. Microsoft has pulled two conventions from the area and some of the long standing world famous resteraunts are alomost ready to call it quits. We need more visitors.

 

I invite all to come to New Orleans and experience its beauty, its history, and most importantly, its food.

 

There is still much to see here.

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I faced choosing between an xpan and an M7 and I chose the Xpan. My thinking was that I already have larger formats and portability was paramount to me. The M7 is portable but IMO the Xpan is ultimatly smaller and costs less. With the M7 you would need to buy the camera, adapter and the 43mm or 50mm lens to equal the xpan with 45mm lens. An xpan I and 45mm is ultimatly cheaper.

 

I will say that if you have no larger formats, the M7 would be much more flexible, costly but flexible

I only use flash when I absolutley have to, so for that reason I purchased a 17-55mm 2.8. The lens is incredible and if I get close and close the subject to camera distance, I get nice back grounds. For me this was enough reason to buy a 2.8 zoom.

 

Go to a camera store and take a few pics wide open with say an 18-70mm 3.5-4.5 and then with the 17-55 f2.8 get close and pay close attention to the back ground.

Bars, we have! Let me know if your coming and when.<div></div>

Thanks for the kind words John.

Matt,

 

You could not pick a better time than now to visit us in NOLA. The weather is perfect, and not the steamy hot soup that is a New Orleans summer.

 

As stated, I can attest that if you stay in the French Quater and downtown, you will see few signs of Katrina's mark on the city. I don't know the purpose of your trip but if you just want a get away, as Ive said, come on down the weathers fine. If you are taking a photographic trip I can tell you where to go to see the scars of Katrina.

 

However as mentioned, we are experiencing a lot of crime but if you take caution you should be fine. If you are not with someone who knows the 9th I would not venture to far away from the major roads. St Bernard, my home, is safe, very little crime but looks like hell. Every sqaure mile was under water, and most people there live in FEMA trailers. Lakeview was a well off area and its coming back slowly.

 

The food is getting back to normal, used to be long lines and horrible food, but our chefs are returning.

 

Just be mindful that almost everyone was affected by the storm, and still recovering, the politics of Louisiana has slowed the rebirth of the once great city and most of us are still homeless.

 

Email me I would be happy to give you any info you need.

 

Please consider coming down, we need all the visiters we can get.

Thank you, thats exactly what I needed to know.

I have searched but could not find an answer, please forgive me if this has

been asked before.

 

If you have said lens and a film body handy, could you please mount the Tokina

to a film body? At what focal length does it not vignette? I am curious as to

if the Tokina has a large enough image circle to allow it to be used in some

way on a film body.

 

I have read that the Nikkor can be used as a 18-24.

 

Just trying to get all the facts as I peice together a Digital/Film kit.

Thank you all for the advice.

 

I agree that control is what counts when art making, and this is why I print all my own B&W. The thought of coming home from a shoot and having a finished print that night or the next day intrigues me.

 

I have used Mpix for a few 12x18's but I prefer the results I get from the epson printer on photo-rag from the local fine art printer. It reminds me of Ilford Semi-matte paper, a favorite of mine.

I am relatively new to digital photography spending much of my life in a

darkroom. I am a multiformat shooter, mainly shooting 35mm, 4x5, and some

digital. I have a good scanner and scan my 4x5's. I have been making some

12x18 pigment prints and I am quite happy with the quality of these prints,

however at $45 a pop I have been thinking of purchasing an Epson printer.

 

After thinking and rethinking it through I have yet to arrive at a conclusion.

Will I really save money with the costs of Inks and paper? Is it worth it to

own your own, or is it just as easy to outsource?

 

I am not an event photographer, or wedding specialist. I am an art

photographer, who occasionaly does a portrait here and there.

 

Thanks for the advice in advance.

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Thanks for the replies.

 

Lee as before thank you.

 

My family gave me the d200 for fathers day, I still do primarily traditional B&w in large format but for the few days Ive had the d200 I have enjoyed it.

 

As to things down here, its slow but we are making it. Discovery channel has a show on the levees tonight.<div></div>

I have both of these lenses now, the 18-70mmDX came with my new D200.I am

selling off my F100 but was curious about wich is better optically the 18-70

DX or 18-35mm. Both have Ed glass. The latter has more range, but optical

quality is my primary concern.

 

Can't afford to keep both and I would replace one with a 12-24.

 

I have the 80-200f2.8,85f1.8 and 50mmf1.8 also.

I recovered my changing "room" from our house in the New Orleans area, it was full of muck and sat in the water for 3 weeks and then in mud another week. I hosed it out put a baking soda box in it and let it sit outside to air out for a week. Vacumed it and its been working great ever since.

 

I think a routine vacuming to get out dust and hair or whatever else may get in there is all thats needed. If you have a bag, shake it out. You are right the material is hard to vacum.

 

Ive learnerd the hard way that handleing film gently, and blowing out my holders greatly reduce dust and fibers.

I too use the epson software in professional mode, work great for me.