[Leica] apo extender 1.4 question

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

> Simon said:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] apo extender 1.4 question
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>> Thanks for all your replies.
>> I tried it carefully today with my 180 f2.0 and it fits without hitting 
>> anything.
>> Strangely though the aperture shown in the viewfinder is now 3.4 .
>> I expected 2.8.Now that i,m at last developping my own film i,ll do a 
>> ring around test and will check the true aperture of the combo as well.
>> best regards,simon jessurun
>> amsterdam,the netherlands <,,
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> Simon don't sweat it, it shows 3.4 with any of the fast lenses. So forget 
> about it, just focus and shoot whatever it is you're shooting as the 
> difference is only the number in the viewfinder and not any actual 
> exposure difference.
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> if the lens is wide open it may say 3.4 but it's actually just wide open.. 
> so shoot!
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> All other aperture numbers will show as corrct. Trust me I've used the 1.4 
> and 2X on any lens I can get them on and have even used the 2X on the 15mm 
> lens just to see what it looked like and it worked very well. ;-)
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> ted
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Thanks Sensei you saved me some tedious work.
simon