Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal: The 105-280 is much lighter than the APO lenses I was referring to. I had said in an earlier post that it was lighter than the 280 APO 2.8, and the 180 APO Summicron. It also had the benefits of the zoom. The prime APO teles are so good that I still am impressed any time I see results from the 400 APO Telyt. The colours are just so much more saturated than anything else I have used. The 180 APO Summicron is on par with the 400 in the color saturation and sharpness as well, but I think this is easier to achieve in a shorter focal length. I have not used the 280 APO enough to talk intelligently about it, but my results so far are impressive. Erwins report on the 70-180 APO says it is quite an impressive lens. I wonder how it stacks up against a 180 APO Summicron. Erwin needs to take a visit to his chiropractor first to get limbered up and then do a test on Leicas big glass. The pictures taken at a girls soccer game were taken with a combination of the 280 2.8 APO and the 180 APO Summicron. On the top of this page, the left one was with the 280, the right one with the 180. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/girls-soccer.htm I went back to the fox den this morning and had no luck seeing them. I may have to try earlier in the morning and bring a companion to help me with the blind and then walk away leaving me there for an hour or so. When your helper walks away, the animals usually think everybody is gone. Most people who use blinds assume that animals and birds can't count the people leaving. Regards, Robert Regards, Robert At 10:49 PM 8/19/99 +0200, you wrote: >I have tried out the 105-280 on an afternoon in Wetzlar. Some resulting pics >are on my web pages under the travel section on Germany. >Impressive results on slide film. It would be difficult to detect visible >differences with the 70-180 APO in most instances. >But it is a heavy and big beast, and you can definitely not use it for >handheld pictures, that's the main reason why I opted for the 70-180 instead >of this one. I find a tripod very limiting (like Ted once said: you are as >flexible as an Egyptian pyramid) unless for specific purposes like bird and >animal shooting or sports. > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE >-------------------------------------------------------- >See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >-------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>> > > >---------- >>Van: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com> >>Aan: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] Wild fox kit taken with 105-280 on web page >>Datum: don, 19 aug 1999 06:11 >> > >> The Leica APO lenses >> create awesome images on slide film, even better than the 105-280. > >