Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]H&ECummer wrote: >Basis my recent experience I understand and appreciate clearly your >advice about auto apertures but I am curious. With the 560 Telyt there >is no auto stopdown (like the 400) and in that case, for example, with >the last beautiful reflecting photo of the duck recently posted, did >you focus wide open and then spin the diaphram closed to increase >depth of field - or did you focus with the lens closed down? It seems >to me that Leica R lenses like the Telyt which don't have auto >apertures might be the most likely candidates for bayonet changes >since you don't have the auto aperture on Leica bodies either. Thoughts? At full aperture the f/6.8 Telyts are slow enough, and sharp enough, that I rarely stop them down at all. In bright sunlight where I have shutter speed to spare I'll occasionally stop them down to f/8 or so and in that case I focus at working aperture. I agree they're the prefect candidates for conversion to other mounts. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com