Bob - Thanks , guy; yes, it was in fact the iridescence that drew me in, and=20= I decided that if I couldn't see that aspect well-represented in the=20 final snap it was gonna get trashed. The 280 is likely one of the best lenses ever made, but I don't think=20 I'll be able to afford one soon myself; the "cheap & cheery"=20 achromat-at-the-end-of-a-tube will likely continue to be my axe for=20 some time. Although... I do have a question for Herr Herr about this long-lens=20 stuff. Bob Palmieri On Jul 16, 2006, at 11:42 PM, Robert O. SHAW wrote: > Bob: > > Amazing. Especially the iridescence. Those damned Leica Telyts are=20= > really > crap, aren't they? > > Fact is, I continue to scheme and dream about a 280 APO or a 400 with=20= > a 2x. > > They really open up more possibilities, don't they? > > Bob > > >> From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> CC: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [LRflex] Larger than life >> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:35:08 -0500 >> >> Folks - >> >> Went out to hunt some birds yesterday, couldn't get anywhere near the >> little guys, so I took out my frustration (and extension tube) by >> pointing the 400 Telyt at something within range: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album446/DRAGONFLY_4680_crop_2 >> >> (20D, ISO 800, 1/250th, f/8 w/ monopod) >> >> It's almost the proverbial "gnat's eyelash" that I sometimes hear >> about... >> >> In fact, Ted once chided me about posting another dragonfly snap that >> was shot from too far away; the tube (and I know there are folks who >> get even more involved with macroing-out the Telyt) seems to do the >> trick. >> >> Bob Palmieri >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don=92t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > ------ > 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/