Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/20

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Subject: [Leica] Re: An R series question
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun Jun 20 17:10:40 2004

on 6/19/04 6:14 PM, Emanuel Lowi at lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca wrote:

> Doug Herr wrote:
> 
> 
>> With the 180 f/2 I'd be
>> concerned about weight and the miniscule DOF at full
>> aperture.  I often
>> fine-focus the 400 or 560 by leaning forward or back
>> slightly and I question
>> my ability to do this in the small increments
>> nessesary at f/2, and then
>> hold my position.
>> 
> 
> You owe it to yourself to seriously try out the 180/2
> (the world's longest Summicron!), Doug.
> 
> The clear and sharp viewing through this lens is
> astounding, but the focus ring action is
> unbelievable...so smooth, you can make the slightest
> distance adjustments with just your little finger!
> 
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal
> 

Would love to, however I'm looking at college tuition for the boof in a
couple of years so I suspect that if I try one it will be due to someone
else's generosity.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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