Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Next Logical Telephoto Lens After 180mm
From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <gilplant@hvc.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:17:28 -0400

Get the APO 2x extender. I assume for landscape you're using a tripod. 
With the extender, f5.6 is still plenty bright on the R8, and if you get 
a 20/2.8, well, you get the idea.

Gilbert

On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 08:23  PM, Peter Natscher wrote:

> After using my Leica 180mm f/2.8 APO telephoto lens with landscape
> photography, I'm finding a desire to go deeper into the scenery after
> viewing many of my slides. There are landscape scenes that I see that
> are within the 180's FoV that would make great shots of their own. I
> could use double the FL of the 180 to pull in some of those scenes.
> Leica offers a 280mm APO telephoto, but that lens falls short of
> doubling the 180's FL. They no longer offer a telephoto in the mid 300mm
> range which would be perfect jump from a 180mm lens. The next telephoto
> from Leica is a big jump to the the 400mm FL level, and costs $8K, more
> than I will spend on a lens, also. Is it logical to buy another
> telephoto lens, the Leica 280mm APO Telyt, offering only 60% more FL
> than their 180mm lens?
>
> Peter Natscher
> Monterey, California USA
>
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