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Subject: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a Lens
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu Jan 10 13:07:00 2008
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So now I know why cask strength has that color :-)
Must be a special feeling to see these animals in their natural habitat.
Thanks,
Philippe


Op 10-jan-08, om 08:53 heeft Matthew Hunt het volgende geschreven:

> Thanks Philippe
>
> Yes the water really is that colour.  It is a Scottish water  
> thing.  I used
> the ExpoDisc to set manual white balance first.  It was a cloudy  
> day and the
> river is lined by trees which overhang partly.  There is a huge  
> waterfall at
> the Falls of Shin in the Highlands of Scotland where the salmon  
> leap up, and
> a viewing platform to wait for them.  I pre-focussed on the middle  
> of the
> river and got lucky!  Another day I photographed some deer, they  
> are in the
> same album.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matthew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Philippe
> Orlent
> Sent: 09 January 2008 23:26
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a Lens
>
> Wow!
> Being a cityboy: is that water color natural?
> Thanks for showing,
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 8-jan-08, om 22:42 heeft Matthew Hunt het volgende geschreven:
>
>> But it caught this salmon for me!
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Scot_0707/fauna/
>> L1002954.jpg.html
>> Matthew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Henning
>> Wulff
>> Sent: 06 January 2008 01:38
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a  
>> Lens
>>
>> At 10:15 AM -0800 1/5/08, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
>>> Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi>
>>>
>>>> Since when do they use this designation?
>>>
>>> Since 1984 at least if not earlier.
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>
>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:17 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a
>>>> Lens
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>  Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> APO means apochromatic correction of the lens, there are no
>>>>>> apochromatic
>>>>>> elements.
>>>>>
>>>>>  In Leica's case, APO is the designation they use for the extra- 
>>>>> low
>>>>>  dispersion glass which their optical designers feel is
>>>>> essential to
>>>>>  designing lenses with apochromatic performance.  This is like
>>>>> Nikon's
>> use
>>>>>  of the ED designation for their extra-low dispersion glass.
>>>>> Raimo is
>>>>>  correct that there are no apochromatic elements, but there is
>>>>> APO glass
>>>>>  which is used to design apochromatic lenses.
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> In Leica's case they also use the term correctly. They use the APO
>> designation to indicate apochromatic correction. Yes, in many cases
>> special low dispersion glasses can help to achieve this, but low
>> dispersion or anomalous dispersion glass is not essential for
>> apochromatic correction.
>>
>> Leica uses low dispersion glasses on various non-apochromatic
>> lenses as
>> well.
>>
>> -- 
>>     *            Henning J. Wulff
>>    /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
>>   /###\   mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
>>   |[ ]|     http://www.archiphoto.com
>>
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