Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:36 AM 5/14/00 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote: >but a 300 I've never owned and that's a whole different ballgame. >I've got a 200 AI f4 Nikor a sleeper lens which doesn't exactly capture any ones >imagination but a VERY adequate performer which I got for a song and could sell >for a few notes. >That's my longest lens! >Mark Rabiner I own a Leica 350/4.8 Telyt-R and a 2x APO extender. The 350 is a real sleeper. I was made with special glass in some of the elements, APO glass, but not all of the elements so it wasn't called an APO lens. But I can attest to the fact that it performs like an APO telephoto. It is a superb Leica lens. And it performs equally well at 700mm with the 2x APO extender. My first "fine art" sale was a 16x20 Cibachrome print from a slide made with this lens. It was sold to the wife of a Leica NJ director. At one time I also had a 280/2.8 APO with 1.4 APO extender. It was a pain to carry around and I found myself using the 350 instead of the 280. So I sold the 280. The 350 is all the long glass that I have ever needed. And it's pretty long with the 2x at 700mm. Jim