Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Landrum <dflandrum@earthlink.net> wrote: > I have the 180 APO-Telyt-R f3.4. It's a classic lens made > originally by Leitz Canada for the US Navy in the mid to > late 1970's. It was extremely advanced for the time using > very expensive low dispersion glass. It's one of the best > second generation lenses made by Leitz/Leica and the > best 180 short of the newest APO's. In my experience, the > f3.4 aperture is effectively a 2.8 aperture on another lens > due to the brightness of the light transmission of the lens. > I can recommend it without hesitation. I own this lens too and heartily second the recommendation. In fact it's the reason I bought a Leica SLR in the first place. On a long trip through the southwest in 1993 I borrowed a friend's R6 along with the 180 f/3.4 and a 60 f/2.8 macro. Of course I was blown away by the 180's quality, leaving me with little choice but to get one for myself. I've since replaced my first Leica SLR, an R4, with a Leicaflex SL2 but the 180 APO-Telyt is still my favorite SLR travel lens. - -Dave-