Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use mine where I can with less active wildlife. for Birds in flight I have to go to my D4 with 400/2.8 and TC's. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 11:18:48 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R system As do I, but not much for wildlife... john ________________________________________ Both Doug and i use the Leica Long Telyts with our DMR's gene ----- Original Message ----- Could you name two people using DMR and long Leica lenses for that ;-) john ________________________________________ John, Other than as a theoretical possibility, do you know of anyone using these combos for wildlife out in the field? I would like to see the results, they should be interesting... Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 08-Apr-2014, at 9:09 am, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > True, the long lens (350mm) they 'announced' years back has never been > released. However they make adapters allowing long Hasselblad H (300mm) or > Contax 645 (350mm) lenses with autofocus/aperture, or manual focus with > Mamiya 645 (300mm or rare 500mm), Pentax 67 (400mm) or Hasselblad V > lenses. Lenses have a 0.8x magnification to get 35mm FF equivalents. Or a > very expensive adaptation to the 400mm f4 APO-Telyt ;-) > > john > ________________________________________ > > >> A Leica S gives an even more dramatic upgrade in the DSLR arena for your >> final results with its larger format and super primo auto focus and >> cutting >> edge second to none modern glass. > > one of the SLR's advantages over the rangefinder is the ability to frame > and focus long lenses accurately. In the S system Leica has yet to take > advantage of this capability. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information