Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M's and R's
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:55:31 -0700

Paul Chefurka wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:47:12 -0700, Mark Rabiner
> <mrabiner@concentric.net> wrote:
> 
> >If I got the
> >R6.2 which I find tempting I'd go for the 100 macro and do something the M6
> >can't do without a Viso. Like a longer Telephoto between 200 and 300mm's. Again
> >I wish they made a 200 macro.
> >Mark Rabiner
> 
> Does anyone know how the 180 APO Elmarit performs on tubes?  If it
> does as well (relatively speaking) as the Nikkor 180, this would be
> one option to the long macro problem.  Might even tempt me to dump my
> F3 eventually - I love the look and feel of that 180 Apo Elmarit!
> 
> Paul Chefurka

It seems unlikely that it would be flat field like a macro is designed for!
Mark Rabiner