Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/09

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Novoflex -- Canon XL1/Leica R adapter
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 17:53:55 -0400
References: <01BFE9DF.C2E612A0.jem.kime@cwcom.net>

At 5:22 -0400 7/9/0, a fine scholar, ralph fuerbringer wrote:

Snip...
> though a 2x teleexter does
>retain the depth of field of the original lens(a 4 f-stop gain)


I'm no optical expert but I don't think this is possible. I believe the DOF
would equal a prine of that length at the same aperture.

Are you sure of this?

Ken Wilcox

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In reply to: Message from Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> (RE: [Leica] Novoflex -- Canon XL1/Leica R adapter)