[LRflex] Re: Return to Terribly OT - Zeiss TeleTessar 4/300

  • From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:27:00 +0200

Hello Bob,
I'll be taking it on 3 weeks holiday to the North of England at the end=20
of the week, so I'll know soon.
thanks for looking
Douglas

Robert O. SHAW wrote:

>Douglas:
>
>Speaking from experience using Contax RX and RTS II with that particular=
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>lens; by all means DO use a tripod.
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>When the results come back, be sure to be seated and strapped in when yo=
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>view your slides or prints with the 300 f4 and a tripod.
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>You will see things in the distance that just weren't there in the=20
>viewfinder.
>
>Enjoy the Toy!
>
>
>MFG, Bob in Seattle
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>
> =20
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>>From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [LRflex] Return to Terribly OT - Zeiss TeleTessar 4/300
>>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:29:57 +0200
>>
>>Hello all,
>>Pressure of work has finally settled down a bit and I#ve had time to
>>play with my 4/300mm Zeiss.
>>Shot out of the office window, hand held at 1/2000, Canon20D at ISO
>>equivalent 400, lens aperture set at f4 - some heat haze - subject
>>distance about 200 - 250 meters.
>>1 full frame and a full size crop out of the lower centre.
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_4168_edited_2
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_4168_edited_2_copy
>>
>>I'm reasonably impressed (not excited yet) - it seems to be a very
>>usable lens and has excellent ergonomics, and, although it has nothing
>>whatever to do with performance, I think it looks good too.
>>I can see a little purple fringing on the bike crossbar, but I think
>>this is a similar effect to what David Young had on his Heron shot, and=

>>maybe I should have put it on a tripod too. I managed to get the asking=

>>price reduced so I'm keeping it, more tests with other apertures when I=

>>get around to it..
>>Let me know what you think.
>>cheers
>>Douglas
>>
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