Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/30/02 12:17:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, telyt@earthlink.net writes: > This is really two messages in one. I recieved a box of processed K64 today > and I remembered why I fell in love with the film in the first place. Sorry > Provia, the fling is over. You were fun and you gave me quickie processing > but K64's depth of color and attention to detail rendition has won my heart > over again. > > This roll of K64 coincided with my tests of a "new" lens, the 280mm f/4.8 > Telyt-V (last version) on the Televit rapid-focus grip. I've been looking > for my ideal 280-ish lens for 30 years and now I may have found it. My > ideal lens in this focal length should complement the 400mm f/6.8 Telyt: > > ) hand-holdable > ) amazing detail rendition and color saturaton > ) fast and precise MANUAL focus > ) great flare control > ) good bokeh > ) close minimum focus distance > ) affordable - for a Leica lens, anyway. > > This lens showed me its stuff on this roll of K64: Doug: With you on both messages. Years ago I strayed momentarily from Kodachrome and dabbled with Agfachrome, a very good reversal film at the time, but soon returned to grandpa yellow. And for a long time (pre- my first Leica reflex) my only long lens was the 280/4,8 Telyt, used on Visoflex. When I got my first R3MOT, I used the 280 with adapter, then sold it in favor of 180/2,8 to avoid pre-set diaphragm issue. Wish I hadn't. The 280 focal length is for me the most often used when I need reach and that lens was absolutely superb in the images it created. And, like all Leitz products of that era, it is built like a fortress. Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html