Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Robert G. Stevens" wrote: > > He was using a Nikon 800mm ED which need extention tubes when he > wanted to focus closer than say thirty feet. My 400 APO with 2x > would focus to about twelve feet without the aid of an extension > tube. > I didn't think that teleconverters changed the near-focussing distance of the lens they doubled. Which means that the comparison is a bit unfair. How close does the Leica 800 go? M. - -- Martin Howard, Grad. Schl. for Human-Machine Interaction, | HMI/IKP, Linkoping University, SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden.| Just Tel: +46 13 28 5741; Fax: +46 28 2579; ICQ: 354739 | say "DOOH" E-mail: marho@ikp.liu.se; www.iav.ikp.liu.se/staff/marho/ +------------