Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu 9, Jul'09 at 2:47 PM -0400, Mark Rabiner wrote: > But I would think a macro lens would need a few extra elements; hunk of > glass in there... To do its macro thing. Despite being generally a slower > lens. The macro adapter has no glass in it, nor a fancy helical. It's just an extension tube. Actually that's a lie; there is glass in it, but it's just in the viewfinder correction elements. They correct for parallax error and add a bit of magnification. It's a great lens because even without the macro thingy, it focuses pretty close for a 90mm (.7m). > Which I would be tempted to forego. It's getting harder to find this guy without the macro thingy. In fact, when I got mine, I found the complete set used for only a little bit more than the couple of used lens-only ones that I found.