Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 200mm/4.5 Telyt is a very old design from 1935. Edwin Puts describes the lens as having low to medium contrast with very soft corners. What you have to be careful with on these older lenses is haze which can greatly reduce the contrast. I have the newer f4 lens that Lluis has and I find it to be pretty good. I even have an adapter for it to mate to my Nikon bodies. The f4 version is from 1959 and Puts describes it as an improvement over the older version. He is quite critical of lens performance so it's really hard to say how good the 4.5 version is. I would just be careful of the condition of the glass and not pay very much if you buy it. Len On Nov 17, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Jan, > > If this can help, I've shot these ones with Visoflex III and M3 > with a Telyt 4/200, IMO is very good glass, the 4.5... I don't know. > > these are scanned slides, film was Fuji Velvia > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Flowers/08060202.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Flowers/08090304.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Flowers/08090301.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Flowers/08041204.jpg.html > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 16/11/2011, a las 17:01, Jan Decher escribi?: > >> Folks, >> I can get an old black 4.5/200mm Telyt with an early Visoflex >> version (for >> SM Leica but with M adapter). Are these Telyts any good optically? >> Jan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information