Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]just to second Tom's findings, i have the 180 3.4 Apo with the 2x Extender and have had excellent results from this combo. The only draw back about the 180 3.4 is its close focusing distance. guna - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] advice on 180mm lenses > I thought that the first 2x extender and the 180 3.4 were, literally, made > for each other. I had excellent results from that combination, and Brian > Bower recommends it in his books. > > Tom Schofield > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SthRosner@aol.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:54 AM > Subject: [Leica] advice on 180mm lenses > > > > Sorry for the sending error. > > > > I am getting back to some telephotography. For many years was using > 280/4.8 > > Telyt on Visoflex. Sold both 6-8 years ago. For SLR work, I have had an R6 > > for some years and have been limited to the 135/2.8 Elmarit, occasionally > > with the 2X extender. I want a 180; it's a very useful focal length and, > with > > the extender, gives that much more reach, almost a 400mm. > > > > I cannot justify the new Apo-Elmarit at over $3,000, a bit less used, and > > wouldn't want the 180 Summicron; apart the price it's simply too heavy and > > bulky. The old 180/4 has a great weight/size advantage - important to me - > > and I could probably live with the f/8 extender speed - others live > > comfortably with the 400/6.8. My question has to do with the optical > quality > > of the f/4 compared with that of the 180/2.8 lenses, both alone and with > the > > extender. Given the constraints of purse, limiting me to these lenses, > > optical performance is what concerns me most. > > > > Incidentally, I had been considering the 180/3.4, a truly excellent lens, > but > > have heard that it does not perform well with either the normal > > (understandable) or the apo extender (not quite so understandable). > > > > Help. Seth LaK 9