Re: [Leica] the fling is over/my search has ended

["Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com>]

Doug or Seth,

Intriguing.  What devices are needed to make that lens fit and work on a
Leicaflex SL (or R8)?  If one appears for sale, are there additional factors
to consider before purchasing for use on the SL?

Thanks.........Julian

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From: <SthRosner@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] the fling is over/my search has ended


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
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