1bwana1 wrote:
Congratulations Stephen. Well deserved! We all enjoy having you as part of our community here on FM and sharing in your photographic adventures.
Been hanging out in the Alt's long enough, that I finally traded out all of my Canon gear ... converted to an L mount solution for long glass. (Still have the M's ... which tap out at my 135/3.4 APO)
FYI, the long solution with Canon (I traded) was the 80D / 100-400 II + 1.4X. I was probably never going to get a "Big White", so this is about the end of the long stuff for my needs. Might get a TC for it someday, but for now ... it just happened to line up with some trading / consolidation (i.e. all my EF glass).
Shot through a (dirty) window in early morning light, fwiw.
Kent Southers 2024
LEICA SL2-S500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports 024 lens500mmf/5.61/250s6400 ISO-1.3 EV
I've owned this lens a couple of times. I've sold this lens a few times as well either because I can put the money to good use elsewhere or because the lens is large comaparatively in the Leica world. Over the last couple of days, I was considering it again. I have a couple of other 35s and have been using them because they are smaller. I was on the verge of selling again and decided to take it out on a dog walk. So glad I did, This lens is just superb IMHO. Yes, it's larger but the images it produces are simply wonderful. These were all shot wide open. This lens is not going anywhere.
