Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Had one a while back. Performance was very good, but inferior to Canon's 300mm f5.6 FL-Flourite lens at f5.6.... But the Canon is an excellent lens..... There are two optical versions of the 280/4.8 Telyt which appear only to differ by the placement of the aperture (ie between which elements), so they should be the same at f4.8, where you are most likely to use such alens.... - ---Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk> wrote: > > I seem to have found a 280mm Visoflex Telyt for Visoflex bayonet mount > in used but very usable condition and I can get it at a good price. > This could be a very nice landscape lens for me- I like 300mm lenses > and wanted a Leica one- this one is affordable. I would use it on an > adapter on an R body. If anyone has used this lens I would be > interested to hear about it, particularly the optical performance. > > Joe Berenbaum > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com