Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica lens turned into a telescope - can it be done?
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 07:55:07 -0500
 
Leitz optics are so superior, I can see the rings of Saturn by just looking
through the viewfinder of my M6!   Though to be fair, I'm using the higher
magnification .85 model  :(

Dan C.

At 12:08 PM 06-11-00 +0100, Stanislaw B.A. Stawowy wrote:
>>Leitz optics are so superior, that you'd be able to see the rings of Saturn
>>if you took a picture of it with a 35mm f/3.5 Elmar and then enlarged it
>>sufficiently.  
>
>I hope you are joking????
>
>Saturn is some 20 arcseconds wide. You will need 500 lpm to even
>see more than light point. To see rings I suppose you will need
>some 5000 lpm :-)
>
>
Replies: Reply from Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> (Re: [Leica] Leica lens turned into a telescope - can it bedone?)
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