Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Have you considered a used 400mm f6.8 Telyt? Doug Herr has some terrific photos he's shown to us using that lens. Given that your target images are static, a tripod should make the f6.8 a non-issue. AGS - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Natscher" <peter@natscher.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:23 PM Subject: [Leica] Next Logical Telephoto Lens After 180mm > 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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html