Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc might be inviting me to join the conversation here... I have both a Komura (2 in fact) and a Fed converter, I wish I could say that there was a time when I'd want to use any of them, sadly there isn't. Having tested them all, (and there's very little difference) the image is not acceptable until at least 2 stops down from max. aperture. And even then it's not good, stopping down further improves again but who wants a 180mm F8 lens? You'd probably be better using a slower film and blowing the enlargement up. Jem I did find a 180mm f4.5(?) Schneider which was made without r/f coupling, that's about as useful as the teleconverters! - -----Original Message----- From: Marc James Small [SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] Is the FED converter any better optically? Do you know? Well, I have one of the FED tele-converters and use it occasionally with a 2/85 Jupiter-9 or 2/8.5cm CZJ Tessar T. It is pretty good optically, better, in my estimation, than the Komura, though I believe a couple of folks on the LUG have and like the Komura converter. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!