Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/28

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Subject: Re: Macro in the Leica World
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 15:29:40 -0800

uskanb2n@ibmmail.com wrote:
> 
> I would appreciate it if folks would comment on the various lenses used
> for Macro & copy work in the Leica system. 
> 
> I have an adapter for the 90:2.8 & 65:3.5 lenses for the bellows, Is
> there one for the old style 90:2 Summicron? If there was would the lens
> be any good for copy work? Which 90:2.8 are they talking about on this
> adapter & would it be a good copy lens?
> 
> I do both a fair amount of both copy work and field work: 

John,

The real question I would have is what lenses are flat field.  Some
macros are.  Probably the 90s are not.  with sufficient depth of field
you can overcome this, but a flat field lens, such as enlarger lenses,
would be best, in my experience.  Maybe (maybe? most assurredly!) a LUG
member will know what, if any, R lens(es) is (are) flat field.

Donal Philby
San Diego