Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, Thanks. I have the use of it for the weekend along with a R8 body. I still find it hard to believe a simple 2 element lens can be that good. Len On Jan 11, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 3:50 PM -0500 1/11/07, Leonard Taupier wrote: >> Henning, >> >> The IR picture is simply stunning. Perhaps the best I have ever >> seen. The eagle shot is quite a catch. Very sharp. Nice >> surroundings. Do you have the two or the four element 560 version? >> I can get the two element with the shoulder stock for a pretty >> good price. Still in the box. >> >> Len > > Thanks, Len. The 560/6.8 is a two element design; it never came in > anything else. It's reasonably handholdable, as long as you > remember you're waving around something that's over half a meter > long and it has an angle of view equivalent to 900mm when you put > it on a 20D, and no image stabilization. > >> >> On Jan 11, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >> >>> Two pictures from last week, when we were on the west coast of >>> Vancouver Island: >>> >>> http://www.archiphoto.com/Various/WPacTrail.jpg >>> >>> This is taken with a Canon 350D that I had converted to infrared. >>> It has an 87 filter built in, and focusses correctly with the >>> lenses I use most. >>> >>> >>> http://www.archiphoto.com/Various/EagleLB.jpg >>> >>> This was taken with a (new to me) 560/6.8 Telyt on a Canon 20D. I >>> had received the lens for a very good price not that long before >>> Christmas and had been itching to try it out on something. This >>> eagle posed nicely, and I don't think I could have taken it as >>> easily with any other combination of equipment. I had to >>> scramble over a lot of driftwood without scaring the bird, and a >>> tripod would have been out of the question. >>> >>> -- >>> * Henning J. Wulff >>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information