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Subject: [Leica] 250 or 280
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:18:11 +0100
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Doug's right. But you'll have to prise my 180/2 summicron from my other hand 
too!

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham, UK

topoxforddoc at btinternet.com
www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk
www.charlie-chan.co.uk



On 4 Apr 2010, at 00:10, Doug Herr wrote:

> James Laird wrote:
> 
>> Doug,
>> 
>> Have you used the 250 f/4? How does it compare with the 280?
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> I used the late 250mm f/4 Telyt for a few years.  Good close-focus limit, 
> good rotating tripod mount, excellent flare control, good color quality, 
> too much lateral chromatic aberation for my taste, and most of the time 
> 250mm was just a tiny bit too short for my use, where the 280 works fine.
> 
> Optically, the 280mm f/4 APO is in another league, simply mind-boggling 
> from corner to corner at full aperture.  The 280 also focusses closer, and 
> the tripod mount and the focussing ring are even better than the 250's.  
> Bokeh is mostly comparable, I'd say the 280 is a little smoother.  The 280 
> APO is one I'll give up only if it can be pried from my cold, dead hands.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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