[LRflex] Re: Optimal Focal Lengths ... for Dave Simms
- From: "David Scollard" <publisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:30:36 -0600
Thanks Doug, and also Philippe -- your're confirming what I suspected
myself. David
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From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 2:18 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Optimal Focal Lengths ... for Dave Simms
David Scollard wrote:
>That's really quite a mouth-watering description of the 80-200, and has
>started me thinking that maybe I can't survive much longer without getting
>one of these fellahs for myself. Some questions: are there variants, with
>different levels of performance?
The one you want, if you want mouth-watering performance, is the 80-200mm
f/4. There was an 80-200mm f/4.5, this is a very old Minolta-made lens that
was good for its time (1976) but it's time has passed! There was also a
75-200mm f/4.5 and a 70-210mm f/4, both Minolta-made.
The old 80-200mm f/4.5 does not work on a Leicaflex Standard or SL; all the
others will work (assuming correct metering cams) on any Leica reflex. But
the 80-200mm f/4 is the best of them.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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