Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Crew, I always admire you folks for all the extra testing and shooting you do when using LEICA gear. Particularly lenses. :-) When I began my major change over to LEICA gear, it never occurred to me to test anything. I figured if I was buying LEICA at what I was paying, it had to be the best! I was shooting an assignment in Halifax, Canada and I really needed a much longer lens for the photos of ships in the harbour, certainly the images I could "see?" But not capture properly I needed a Leica 280 mm 2.8. I phoned to Ottawa to the camera store I dealt with. "Hey do you guys still have that 280 2.8.Leica lens you showed me last week?" "Yea." I respond, "OK pack and ship it to Halifax right now special express. Thanks!" The clerk responded: "Hey Ted do you want the 2 EXTENDERS FOR IT ALSO?"ME. "whatever are they?" He says "One is a 1.4x and the other is a 2x times." It arrived the next day in it's metal carry-all case and by noon I had shot about the harbour at least a couple dozen rolls of KODACHROME. Hopped in a plane around 5pm home bound! RESULTS? WOWIEEEEEEEEEEEEE! One thing if you haven't noticed was the word "test?":-) Well if the results were crappy I wouldn't be sitting here writing this note if they were crappy?:-) I even shot some of the images with both extenders mounted and they were quite amazing. Mounted extra to the 280mm lens, a 1.4 extender. Then add the 2X and you have a very neat working lens! Now as you will recall when it comes to things of testing and putting extenders together on the same lens at the same time. The results are mine despite LEICA company techie types "not recommending it after I had done it!" And told them the results were great. My offer? There's nothing wrong doing testing as each of us have "our own fashions of using our gear." cheers, Dr. Ted Grant O.C. -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: July-23-17 11:27 AM To: LUG at Leica-Users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Exploring the 90mm Well done to you and the lens! Leica R lenses are IMO the finest glass out there. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 22 Jul 2017, at 19:20, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > In trying to learn the strengths of the Leica Elmarit-R 90, I took it to the Rose of Sharon bushes and found a Black Swallowtail at work. Here is the best of several useful images. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170722-DSCF3423.JPG.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus