Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 12:00 AM 8/17/96 -0700, Stephen Gandy wrote: > >> > >The ones I've seen are made by Komura. 7 element. > > > >quite useful, especially for closeups since they double the lens > >magnfication at the same distance. Not Leica, but not bad either. > > Well, the Komura ones are pretty dicey optically. They're great, if all > you want are soft-focus pictures with pasty colours. > > Try the FED 2X converter. Nice piece, IF you can find one. > > Marc Dicey Optically? only if you put them on a Russian lens. Try a late Summicron. Some nice advances have been made in the last fifty years. Stephen Gandy