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Subject: [Leica] WTB: 280 f2.8 apo
From: rsphotoimages at comcast.net (rsphoto's email)
Date: Sat Jul 5 10:26:11 2008
References: <20080704222652.BD6822BA@resin17.mta.everyone.net>

Alastair:

Very encouraing news.

Many thanks, indeed!

Bob



On Jul 4, 2008, at 10:26 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:

I have used the 2x on the 70-180 and it works beautifully.

Cheers


--- rsphotoimages@comcast.net wrote:

From: "rsphoto's email" <rsphotoimages@comcast.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB: 280 f2.8 apo
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:34:10 -0700

Doug:

Here we go again:

Like Allstair, I've been obsessing about the 280 but in my case, I
can't remember if either APO Extender will work with the 70-180 APO.

Will they?

Some say yes, some say no.

If yes, what is the Net Focal Length at each end of the 70-180 with
the 2x?  I don't think it achieves 140-360.



Bob






Bobwill the
On Jul 4, 2008, at 11:02 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:

charlie chan <topoxforddoc@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Why not buy the 1.4x APO converter instead?

In my tests on the 280mm APO-Telyts (both f/2.8 and f/4) the 1.4x APO-
Extender causes a barely perceptible loss of image detail.  Generally
not enough to notice in real-world circumstances.  the 2x APO-Extender
will cause a bit more degradation but in most cases not enough to be a
problem (and I'm very fussy about image quality).

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



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In reply to: Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] WTB: 280 f2.8 apo)