Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:55:31 -0700, Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> wrote: >Paul Chefurka wrote: > >> Does anyone know how the 180 APO Elmarit performs on tubes? If it >> does as well (relatively speaking) as the Nikkor 180, this would be >> one option to the long macro problem. Might even tempt me to dump my >> F3 eventually - I love the look and feel of that 180 Apo Elmarit! >> >> Paul Chefurka > >It seems unlikely that it would be flat field like a macro is designed for! >Mark Rabiner Fair enough, but for shooting cute little itty bitty things instead of newsprint, that might not be so much of a concern. I'd want a 50 macro to be flat-field, bit I'm not sure how important that is for the stuff people usually shoot with a 200, like flowers, bugs, budgies, infected tonsils, girlfriend's eyelashes, etc. Paul Chefurka