Re: [Leica] M's and R's

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Paul Chefurka wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:55:31 -0700, Mark Rabiner
> <mrabiner@concentric.net> wrote:
> 
> >Paul Chefurka wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> 
> Fair enough, but for shooting cute little itty bitty things instead of
> newsprint, that might not be so much of a concern.  I'd want a 50
> macro to be flat-field, bit I'm not sure how important that is for the
> stuff people usually shoot with a 200, like flowers, bugs, budgies,
> infected tonsils, girlfriend's eyelashes, etc.
> 
> Paul Chefurka

You gotta point I wanna make slides from my 8x10 fiber prints and also go
outside and grab stuff and have it be the only glass I need to have for an SLR
as everything else I can do with my M6.
Mark Rabiner