[LRflex] Re: Maksutov-Cassegrain on R4
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:16:10 -0700
I bought a Vivitar 500/8 at a yard sale for $25 and used it a bit. Had T
mount, so used T to Leica R adapter. Worked from a technical point of view.
Terribly soft pictures, however. Used it for fun a few times then got rid
of it. But it was a fun experiment.
Aram
--------------------------------------------------
From: "Robert Lilley" <speyerdom@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 7:54 PM
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LRflex] Maksutov-Cassegrain on R4
> I've got a Russian KMZ (Soviet) made f:8 500mm MTO Maksutov-Cassegrain
> lens I thought I would put in front of my R4 just for kicks. Yea, yea, I
> know about bokeh donuts and all that - this is for fun, not for serious.
> I've got a M39 to Leica R adaptor coming in from China as I write this.
> This 1950's circa MTO is threaded for M39. I'm not sure I'll get infinity
> focus - but, oh well, it's my only telephoto till I can afford something
> nice and Leitz.
>
> So... Here is my goofy question. As the lens does not have f stops, I
> assume I use the camera in (m) manual mode and match up the speed with...
> f:8 - right? The lens comes with a neutral density filter I could use in
> place of smaller stops if needed. Anybody ever done this before?
>
> Rob
> ------
> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/
> Archives are at:
> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
>
------
Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/
Archives are at:
//www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
Other related posts:
