Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick jotted down the following: > I had a 350/4.8 and a 280/2.8 together for several years. Also had the 1.4x > and 2x extenders. Sold the 280 and 1.4x and kept the 350 and 2x. The 350 is > a sleeper lens in that its performance is stellar with and without the 2x > extender. It is one of the lenses that I will never sell as there is > nothing like it. 350 is a great tele focal length. And at 700mm with the > 2x... wonderful combination But doesn't it get awfully dim? f/4.8 x 2 = effective aperture of f/9.6, right? I think would have stayed with the 280 f/2.8: 400 f/4 with 1.4x, 560 f/5.6 with 2x, 800 f/8 with 1.4x and 2x. I shot it with the 1.4x extender on the lens and it's eminently hand-holdable. Superb ergonomics. Poor Ted had to wrench it (and the R8 it was attached to) from my fingers to get it back ;) M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Buzzwords: Profound stupidity. email: howard.390@osu.edu | www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------