Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought you could use them, but you have to stop the lens down to 2 or 2.8; i.e. setting the lens to 1.4 gets you a 4 or 5.6, not a 2.8 because the 2x can't handle the wide aperture. Tom Schofield - ----- Original Message ----- From: Pascal <cyberdog@attglobal.net> To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: Leica R -Rom Lenses > On 31-12-1999 17:05 Andrew M. Moore wrote: > > >What a beautiful lens that 80/1.4 is! Can the 2x extender > >be used with it? I know there were some restrictions on > >what it could be used with, but I don't remember the > >specifics. > > no such luck, the Leica handbook is quite specific. The 1.4 and 2 X > extenders can't be used with the Summilux. > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > -------------------------------------------------------- > See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ > -------------------------------------------------------- > With no walls or fences on the Internet, who needs Windows or Gates? > -------------------------------------------------------- > <<< PGP public key available on request >>> > >