Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23

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Subject: [Leica] Advice on 280mm Telyt
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Fri Mar 23 05:08:07 2007
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On Mar 23, 2007, at 5:21 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Doug,
>
> Thanks for your very comprehensive impressions of these lenses. One  
> thing I didn't consider was the focusing speed of the helical. For  
> me that's a big disadvantage. I have the 1st version 40cm f5 Telyt  
> for the Visoflex. It's helical focusing is painfully slow. The  
> flare you mention is a problem as well. I'm going to try to get an  
> APO 400 f2.8 then. That will get me better focusing and better  
> optical performance as well as auto diaphragm on my R8. The f4  
> current version is out of the question, price wise.
>
> It sounds like the APO version will be a good companion to my 560/6.8.

the 280 f/2.8 APO will be much more portable and I think I saw a FS  
posted here yesterday for a very reasonable price.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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