Originally posted by Carsten_R Dave, thanks for your assessment. Good to hear your verdict on the *A300. BTW, the HC 4.5/300 with adaptor on X1D is about the same weight.... When I have the oopportunity, I will compare them. Same sensor, but the HC300 wasn´t built for the X1D. I remember my disappointment with some Leica lenses on A7R.
Carsten
Hi Carsten,
Although the *A300 is a good lens, both the FA 300 f4 and FA 300 f5.6 do superceed it in performance. Of course long lens techniques in shooting can have an equally important role in the final aquired image and how sharp it is.
I too encountered issues when trying to adopt lenses via adapters and often times the performance of the lens loses something along the way.
This is what stopped me from moving over to the Leica S system and for not considering the X1D. Simply that I often require really good native long focal length lenses...although Hasselblad has/had some terrifix performing ones for their other lens systems.
Keep up the good work. Thanks.
Dave (D&A)