Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/25

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: R Series Question
From: jbuf@ix.netcom.com (John Irvin Buford)
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 16:22:43 -0700
 
You wrote: 

>But converters always lower resolution/contrast, though I have hopes 
the
>Leica one will do better.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with the Leica 2x, and if so, how 
close will
>it come to the sharpness/contrast/etc. of the plain 180?
>
>All comments appreciated.  Many thanks. 
>-----------
>David Young: youngs@IslandNet.com
>
David:
    I own one of the Leica 2x tc's.  I have no problem with it 
optically.  In fact if you look at the resolution charts, generally a 
telephoto lens has lower resolution than a shorter lens and still be 
considered excellent.  Everything in life is a series of tradeoffs.  
Yes the 180 f4.0 will most probably outperform the 90 f2 and the 2x tc. 
But, if weight is a real problem for you then go with it, you should 
find a dealer that will let you take a few exposures with the TC and 
see if the resulting pictures are exceptable to you .

John N3BVH