Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Friends, I've tested the Apo Telyt R 1:4/280 and it was really handy, easy to use and sharp. But it was _not_ delivering correct colors; in fact, white turned out to be of some slight yellowish brown (which is a typical Leitz color distortion, BTW). So I rejected this lens for color slide photography. HTH Have a nice day Hubert > > From: Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net> > > To: Leica List <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 23:39:20 PST > > Reply-to: Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net> > > Subject: Re: Summicron 35mm > ** Reply to note from sachse@msc.cornell.edu 11/02/95 9:25pm -0500 > > Eric makes several good points but I think there's also a > > bit of marketing involved. My guess is that Leica is probably > > not aiming the Apo telyt for the typical hobbyist. > > Everyone I've talked to who has used the 280 f/4 Apo telyt indicate it > is a stunning lens performance wise- even for closeups. In fact, a > friend that attended a lecture where a Leica designer was at showing > MTF curves, the 280 f/4 Apo Telty is as close to diffraction limited as > any lens could possibly be. > > That means that the only thing stopping down does is increase depth of > field and diffraction. It is optimum wide open. > > > > Regards, > > Eric Welch > Grants Pass, OR > > * Von/From: HUBERT NOWOTNY, CTR Hatzenberger & Nowotny OEG * A-1070 Wien/Vienna, Neubaugasse 76 (Austria, Europe ...) * Tel ++43-1- 526 63 63 - 0, Fax ++43-1- 526 63 63 - 63 * hubertn@ctr.co.at, http://www.ctr.co.at/ctr/