Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/08

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Subject: Re : [Leica] 400mm f/6.8 Macro-Telyt-R
From: "Bernard Degaute" <bernard.degaute@village.uunet.be>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:09:22 +0200

>Just for jollies I threw every extension tube I have on the 400 to see what
kind of reproduction ratios I can get.  I used a >14198, 14256 and 14182,
plus the 60mm extension of the 400's focussing mount and the total extension
is 180mm, for a >reproduction ratio of 1:2.2.  Subject-to-film  distance is
about 6 feet.
>
>Has anyone else done this?
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com


Doug,

I did almost the same with my 300 C**** (sorry) + macro bellow (135 mm of
extension and about the same repro ratio) - very fine for butterflies or
dragonflies which are rather shy.

Bernard

bernard.degaute@village.uunet.be