I found it to be terribly mediocre. I didn't do much shooting on a rock solid tripod, but I think it is not as good as many of the other long teles out there (for less). The f/4 manual focus makes it a bitch to focus accurately. I don't think you'll be impressed. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas Sharp Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:20 PM To: Leica Users Group; LeicaReflex; LEG Subject: Terribly OT - Zeiss TeleTessar 4/300 Any Zeissites/Contaxites out there who know anything about the Carl Zeiss Tele Tessar T* f4/300mm ? (Made in Germany) I'm being offered one in more or less mint condition for around 500 euros, but I seem to remember that there were two versions, and I'm not sure which one this is. One version has a straight barrel and a cylindrical head, the version I'm looking at has a long fat barrel with conical tapering towards the camera end of it. Any experience, warnings, flames or odes to this piece of equipment would be very much appreciated TIA Douglas ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe. ========================================================To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.