[LRflex] Re: 2x about 2x
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:12:03 +0100
Thanks Bob :-)
I sometimes feel like a dreamer too.
Yours
Phileicangemix.
Bob Shaw wrote:
>Phillippe:
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>Wow! The Beast!
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>Straight out of Spielberg/Industrial Light and Magic.
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>Great shot!
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>Bob in Seattle
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>On Jan 10, 2007, at 9:30, Philippe Amard wrote:
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>Hi Neil,
>here's
><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Flowers/=20
>Minotaure_w_001.jpg.html>
>another example of what an old 2x extender can do with another zoom
>lense - vignetting is also present, but not that bad.
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>more to be found on the same site - with 35 x 2 Ang=E9nieux and =
>MinoLeitz
>70-210
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>Yours
>Phileicangemix
>.
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>David Young wrote:
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>>Neil wrote:
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>>>I've been considering purchasing a 2x extender for a while, but =20
>>>hesitate
>>>for a couple of reasons.
>>>
>>>1) The only lens that I'd use it with is my 180/2.8 non-APO. Of what
>>>benefit would the APO 2x be in this case?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Presumably the APO converter will prevent some of the degradation
>>that is inevitable with any extender/converter.
>>
>>That being said, I use an old SL vintage 2x converter with nearly all
>>my wildlife shots and find it to be absolutely excellent. So, if I
>>were you, I'd look for a good, used, non-APO converter for use with
>>your non APO lenses. :-)
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>>>2) Disregarding the extra baggage, would I be better off with a =
>>>
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>longer
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>>>prime lens than this combination?
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>>Probably, but not by a whole bunch... and at a lot greater expense.
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>>For example... shot with the 80~200/f4 Vario and 2x converter (hand
>>held, from a moving boat)...
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>>http://www.telyt.50megs.com/Squares/05.12.2877_filtered.jpg
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>>with the 400 Telyt and 2x converter on a monopod....
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>>http://www.telyt.50megs.com/nab_Moma-Coot.htm
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>>With non-APO lenses, the only drawback I've found with the non-APO
>>converter is that with the 400/6.8 Telyt, it vignettes badly.
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>>http://www.telyt.50megs.com/nab_Blue%20Heron.htm
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>>The APO converter does not vignette with this lens. However, in me
>>experience, the non-APO version does not vignette with shorter focal
>>length/faster lenses.
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>>>On a similar theme, I occasionally see a Leica 500/8 mirror lens at
>>>auction. Has anyone here used one of these? I know that some folks
>>>dislike the "donut" OOF highlights that are a side-effect of mirror
>>>lenses, but beyond that, how do they compare against other options?
>>>
>>>
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>>Donut's aside, I used the 500/8 MTO (Russian) only for the 1998 solar
>>eclipse. Although the photos were sharp and clear, it's hard to tell
>>what fine detail an image of the sun *should* have! The few test
>>shots I took before that trip indicated that it was pretty good for
>>freedom from distortion (shooting brick walls) although the fine
>>detail was not "up to snuff" compared with other glass... even other
>>non-Leica glass.
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>>Hope this helps.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>---
>>
>>David Young,
>>Logan Lake, CANADA
>>
>>Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
>>Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
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