[Leica] 280 APO F/4.0

[Edward Caliguri <caliguri@ma.ultranet.com>]

- -- Peter-
    Get the 280 - you will NOT be sorry! It is one of (if not THE) best
corrected lens in the R line. I have the Modular lenses as well (I shoot
wildlife), but the 280 has the snap, color and flatness of field that just
blows you away! If need be add the 1.4 APO converter. Quality does not skip
a beat ... it's that good.
    I also have to say that I think all the other suggestions are great as
well, though! Looks as if you can't go wrong..
    EC
 both MAC and PC user - Maybe I'll get a Sun Workstation to round it out ;-)


> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest)
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 11:31:39 -0700 (PDT)
> To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Leica Users digest V22 #310
> 
> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 17:23:10 -0700
> From: Peter Natscher <peter@natscher.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Next Logical Telephoto Lens After 180mm
> Message-ID: <3D0A88ED.AA0857A@natscher.com>
> References: 
> 
> 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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