Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/04

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Subject: [Leica] 400 Telyt + 14182 Ext Tube
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sun Dec 4 11:51:29 2005
 
on 12/4/05 8:17 AM, Frank Filippone at red735i@earthlink.net wrote:

> Has anyone tried to place 2 of these extension tubes onto the lens for more
> close focusing? What would be the range of focus with 2?
> 
> It would not appear to be a problem technically.... but then again.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 

Yup.  The working range is about 5-6' and you can get about 1:3 reproduction
ratio.  Vibration and DOF are signifcant issues.  Backgrounds are a wash of
pure color.

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