Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:31 PM 5/23/98 +-200, Gerd wrote: > >A small and lightweight 1.5x teleconverter >that makes a 135 f/4.2 from the 90 f/2.8 would be the gimmick I am >missing in the M system. To make it compact, it doesn't even need >it's own goggles. The Ukrainians make a 2X teleconverter in LTM for the FED. These are nice units: they are rather good optically, as to be expected, and are surprisingly well made mechanically for an SPS piece. And they are RF-coupled. Of course, the LTM male thread can be converted to M with the Leitz adapter, but the female end requires LTM lenses. But a 2/85 Jupiter-9 becomes a 4/170 with the adapter, and the focusing accuracy in an M6 is adequate though, of course, an M3 is preferable. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!