Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For great example photographs of this fine lens, see David Douglas Duncan's "Self-Portrait, USA". He used a 400 Telyt to record some amazing portraits at the presidential conventions in 1968. Toward the back is a picture of him hand-holding the 400, I think on an SL (the book is out on loan). He shot wide-open for the portraits, and the sharpness and detail are amazing, even in the pages of this very large book. I have seen "Self-Portrait, USA" going from $10-$25 in used books stores. I also took the same approach awhile back with a 280/4.8 Telyt by putting a short extension tube on my first version lens. Normal closest focus is 19 feet. The extension gave me tight head shots at a maximum focus distance of about 12 feet. I was really pleased with a few B&W prints that have that same detail and intense feel that Duncan got with the 400. For my SL, there was quite a set of adapters for this lens - OUBIO Viso to M adapter, 14127F M to R adapter, then the R extension tube. Even with all that, the mount was still solid as a rock! Gary Todoroff