Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] 400mm on a LTM camera
From: P2CON@aol.com
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 17:20:14 EST

Roland Smith has recently been asking about viewfinders for use with a 400mm 
lens on a LTM rangefinder. I offered a suggestion that he try a 135mm 
viewfinder with the frame masked off to show a 400mm view.

I decided to try it myself, so cobbled together a Nikor 200mm/f4 with a 7 
element 2x converter on a Nikon/LTM adapter, and mounted it on a FED 3a 
rangefinder with a 135mm Canon viewfinder. The camera already had half a roll of 200 
speed color print film in it, so I just took it on my daily walk. I was a little 
surprised at the usability of the combination, and pleased with the results.

Please remember that the lens and converter do not make the sharpest of glass 
combinations and that I was handholding a 400mm. The film was 200 speed and 
the camera limited to 1/500 top speed. Also I did not mask off the viewfinder 
for a 400mm view, I just centered the subject in the 135mm frame.

http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-60437.html

http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-60436.html

http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-60435.html

Take a look.

Regards, Paul Connet
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