Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bald Eagle Picture taken with 400 APO-Telyt
From: Mary & Stan Kephart <kephartol@att.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 99 17:18:17 -0500
 
Robert Stevens wrote:

>To get the LUG back on topic, I thought I would share a picture I took
>yesterday.  It is of a Bald Eagle feeding way up in a tree and I used the
>400mm APO-Telyt with the 1.4 converter plus the non APO 2x for a total of
>1120mm F8.  The other eagle pictures were taken with a Tamron 300 2.8 with
>a 1.4 converter.  You can see why the Leica glass costs so much.  With two
>converters on it it is still contrastier than the Tamron shots.  I just
>developed the film today and if I have any more good shots I will post them
>on the bird page as well.
>
>http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/birds.htm
>
>Regards,
>
>Robert


Hi Robert,

Thanks for this valuable illustration.  In this case a picture (ie, two 
pictures) are worth 1000 words.

MK