Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I forgot to mention the basis for my inquiry: B. Moose Petersen sent me a 1998 copy of his quarterly journal which contains a writeup about Nikon's extension tubes and his use of them with his F5 and 300 & 600 mm lenses. The effect he obtains is wonderful: when photographic wildlife with the extension tubes, the background is completely obliterated, leaving only the animals in each picture with a pristine, solid background. I'm contemplating buying the 14256 and using it with my 60 mm macro, APO 3.4 180, 280 2.8 APO TELYT, and 400 6.8 TELYT lenses on my R8. I have both the 2x and 1.4x extenders but they, of course, do not accomplish this effect. I spoke with Niels at Leica-NJ yesterday and he assured me the 14256 would. > On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Terry wrote: > > >Does Leica manufacture extension tubes for the R fixed focal length and > >zoom lenses? I've seen no mentioning of same in Leica's literature and > >in books. If they don't, whose tubes are compatible? Thanks! > > > >Terry