[LRflex] Re: Telyt + D3 -- Further thoughts...
- From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:08:25 -0700
Xavier wrote:
Being a dilettante user, I'm tempted by the 80-200 which is nice:
thanks for letting me use it on my R7 last time.
On the Digilux 3, it gives a 400, enough in a Paris city birds...
The 80~200/f4 Vario is one of the most under appreciated lenses in
the Leica stable. It is exceeded, in zooms, only by the incredible
Leica 70~180mm f/2.8 Vario-APO-Elmarit-R - but that lens is both
heavy and huge, not to mention expensive ... even by Leica
standards. The much smaller 80~200/f4 will hold it's own for
resolution, contrast, resistance to flare and colour rendition with
the best of Leica's prime lenses.
I know of no other zoom lenses, in Leica's, or any other maker's,
stable, of which this can be said.
Even better, unlike many (if not most) zooms, it works well with my
(old, SL vintage) 2x converter, thus making it an ideal travel lens,
offering a "reach" of 400mm (effectively 548mm with the DMR or 640mm
in a Canon 20D, or 800mm on your D3), while being only a half stop
slower than the f6.8 Telyt! Of course, an Extender-R would give you
automatic diaphragm, all the way.
And it works very well!
http://www.telyt.50megs.com/nab_Loon.htm
http://www.telyt.50megs.com/cab_cactus.htm
http://www.telyt.50megs.com/cab_rufous_wren.htm
http://www.telyt.50megs.com/cab_snake_bird.htm
All of the above, were shot with this combination. The loon and the
snake-bird had the double complication of being shot from moving
boats. All were hand held.
Try one.. I think you'll really like it!
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4
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