[Leica] IMG: Old is New Again

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Mon Apr 20 15:28:06 PDT 2020


Thanks, Don.  I had given up on the older lens because it was always 
difficult to focus with the 2X extender in place, but the digital 
extender makes a world of difference.

On 4/20/20 5:22 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> You have better subject isolation and much less noise.  There is a reason
> birder reach for a 600 or longer.
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 5:16 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> After dealing with noise in extreme crops of birds from the images
>> produced by my 50-200, I decided to try another lens/camera
>> combination.  I put a 2X extender on the Leica Telyt-R  250mm and
>> adapted that combo to my Olympus E-M1, enabling the digital extender.
>> This allowed me to use a magnified image on the rear screen, which
>> greatly improved fine focusing.  So, I'm effectively using a 500mm lens,
>> with a magnified focusing aid, on my micro 4/3 camera.
>>
>>   From the usual array of squirrels and birds, I chose this hungry House
>> Sparrow as my target.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200420-P4201081.JPG.html
>>
>> To me, it looks promising.  This makes manual focusing enjoyable once more.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Jim Nichols
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