Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New diffraction element lens completely off topic
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:27:22 -0800 (PST)

Very nice. 
Testimony of what the person behind the camera is
capable of, regardless of whether its a Leica or SLR.

- --- Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I had the opportunity to shoot with the new Canon
> 400mm IS diffraction
> element lens today.  Wow.  4.3 pounds for a 400mm
> F4.0 lens.  To find out
> what it could do I shot a few frames at 3.5 meters
> which is the close
> focusing point.  The exposure was at F4.0 at 1/8
> sec.  The stabilizer at
> position 2 which is for panning, in other words not
> optimized for a
> portrait.  I think you will find it's quality for a
> completely hand held
> shot at 1/8 pretty amazing considering there was a
> challenge for a 50mm at
> 1/4 sec.
> 
> The URL is
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=514596
> 
> No, its not a Leica, but it is at the limit of
> optical performance.
> 
> Don Dory
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
> 
> 
> 
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