[LRflex] Re: 560 telyt 6.8 R8?
- From: Wing Goodale Gmail <wing.goodale@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:29:46 -0400
Thank you all very much for the input. It is great to know that the
lens is best used wide open.
I plan on shooting surfing and wildlife. I prefer to shoot with iso
100 film although I could see shooting with Tri-X. I develop and scan
at home.
I am interested in the lens becaue they are relativley light and would
appear to be designed to shoot hand held.
Are they as fast to focus a I have read?
In a former life I was weighed down with a Tamron 300 2.8 and an Eos1.
What I found was it was so big and heavy that I stopped shooting. I
sold it all and bought a lousy digital point and shoot.
Now many years later I find myself shooting Leica M and R digital and
film BUT I am just loving film.
Anyway that is my story. As you know I am new to the forum and I
really appreciate all your input about the 400 and 560. I think I may
pull the trigger.
Wing
On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:51 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> A few samples of what the 560 can do:
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/560r68.html
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tedgrant@xxxxxxx
>> Sent: Jul 25, 2010 11:48 PM
>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: 560 telyt 6.8 R8?
>>
>> Well I don't know that I'd refer to them as beasts as they're
>> excellent lenses for shooting the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Pan
>> American Games, World Track & Field Championships, NFL, CFL
>> Football and any number of other sports events.
>> Not to forget high school foot ball and baseball, I don't think I
>> need to go on.
>> But my first encounter with the 400 6.8 was at the 1984 Los Angeles
>> Summer Olympics and it captured smashing great images shooting wide
>> open and not more than stopped down one stop! .
>>
>> The 560mm was purchased sometime later when on assignment in
>> Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on assignment shooting images of the
>> Halifax harbour and the shipping action there-in!
>> Once again, not a beast, hand holdable and a damn fine lens used
>> mainly wide open or one stop down!
>>
>> When the 280mm 2.8 became available I traded them both in and
>> bought the lens & a 1.4 extender making the 280 2.8 into a 400
>> f4.0! Still have it since it first came out, only now I have both
>> extenders and I can make it into a 800mm f.8 and on a monopod it's
>> a dynamite image cutter!
>>
>> Add the Leica macro adapter if you want to shoot some wild stuff
>> and it's pure magic for close-ups! And exceptional images of dew
>> drops on the grass blades of my garden! I'm not kidding! :-)
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted
>> tedgrantphoto.com
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