Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: Leica R -Rom Lenses
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:43:45 -0800

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
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