Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful, Doug. Almost makes me regret selling mine (lack of use). Seriously, when I had it, I too noticed that even without extension tubes and such the Telyt could be used for wonderful close-ups. Nathan Doug Herr wrote: > Given enough extension tubes, my fav lens can be used for macro stuff: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=456283 > > Keep in mind this is a CRAPPY scan made with a scanner that does a poor job with Kodachrome. The chrome has lots more shadow detail with a delightfully crisp flower. The bug is a bit soft, probably from the vibration of its wings. > > I used 2 of the 14182 extension tubes made for this lens (thanks Chris) and had the lens on its shoulder stock, with the shoulder stock on a monopod. I find the combination of the shoulder stock and monopod gives me excellent stability and reasonable mobility. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > ___________________________________________________ > The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe > Better! Faster! More Powerful! > 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! > http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html