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 > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/