280 400 640 interchangeable heads and hey a Leica and or Nikon Mount...same lenses as Leica (Novoflex made them) generally much cheaper On Jan 11, 2010, at 8:53 AM, David Franklin wrote: > Dear Axel, > > I saw recently that R G Lewis in London had a Leica 560mm lens at a > reasonable price if I remember rightly. I don't think it is > actually mentioned on their website but might be worth asking them. > > Best regards > > David Franklin > > >>>> "Axel Collier" <axel.collier@xxxxxxxxxx> 11/01/2010 12:25 >>> > Hi all > I am looking for a 500mm or 400mm tele to experiment and learn to > take bird and wildlife photo's. Of course you know by now i am not > an expert ;-) You also know i will be using the lens with Leitax and > (hopefully) in the future with a D700. The leica miror lens can > easily be transformed into a Leitax, the 560mm as well but not all > the 400mm's (it depends on the serial number, it must be an old lens) > But i like to learn and experiment. The technique for me will be a > real challenge, but that will be the case anyway. Would it be harder > for me to learn with the big lenses or with the miror lens ? > THIS kind of information i find very exciting : > http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?th87 > But i did see some pictures on Flickr that are a lot less exciting ! > Doug explains a lot about the long lenses on his site and i found > some explanations by his hand on other fora. > But i did not find so much on the mirror lenses. I find the compact > size and weight a real plus, so i wonder ... If the miror lens is > not an option, i will go for the 400mm/560mm solution i think. > Of course i know by now about the usual stuff (donuts f/8 etcetera) > in general terms, but what does that mean in practice ? > Just curious : who has real experience with the Leica 500mm f/8 MR- > Telyt-R > and how does it compare to other leica options for me. To see some > pictures would be nice too. > THANK YOU in advance > axel > ------ > 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/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/