Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Idea of a 180mm lens with goggles sounds great. However, the focussing accuracy necessary for a 135 f/2.8, and I suppose the present goggles provide just this accuracy, would allow only a 180mm f/5 or a 200mm f/6.3, thus very slow lenses. Does anyone have a spec, how accurate the viewfinder really is? Another nice thing someone has mentioned earlier is a teleconverter. For travel photography, I always prefer compact and lightweight equipment, and this is why we use the M Leica. It is nice to have the 135mm focal length, but the tele-elmarit (old and new version) is a heavy piece of glass (550g). A small and lightweight 1.5x teleconverter that makes a 135 f/4.2 from the 90 f/2.8 would be the gimmick I am missing in the M system. To make it compact, it doesn't even need it's own goggles. Gerd