[LRflex] Re: Telyt 400mm f/5.6

  • From: Ingemar Ljungqwist <ingemar.ljungqwist@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:02:56 +0200

Thank=B4s Doug,
if I read you right the f6,8 has a slight advantage over the f5,6, but=20=

perhaps not enough to justify a change?

Ingemar

2006-07-26 kl. 14.24 skrev Douglas Herr:

> On Jul 26, 2006, at 2:28 AM, Ingemar Ljungqwist wrote:
>
>> Telyt 400/5,6?
>> I have followed the discussions about the 400 mm/6,8 Telyt, but =
nobody
>> has ever mentioned anything of the f5,6 version. I have made some =
very
>> satisfactory results with it, even if it is a bit dizzy at the edges=20=

>> at
>> full aperture. I have never had the chance to compare it with the =
f6,8
>> though, and am a little curious how my lens is rated among people who
>> actually compared the two. If anyone out there have the knowledge and
>> experience of the lens, please let me know.
>
> I found the contrast a bit lower and flare not as well-controlled with
> the f/5.6 compared with the f/6.8.  Hand-held, I prefer the f/6.8.  On
> a tripod I prefer the handling of the f/5.6, particularly the control
> of fine focus.  The f/6.8 has more options for adding extension tubes.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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