Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Old Cat - New Toy
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Sat May 19 19:17:10 2007
References: <464D6BB3.8060408@gmx.de>
 
>First shot with a (to me) new lens - Novoflex-Tamron 3.8-5.4 60 - 
>300mm fast-focus - looks like something out of an early scifi movie.
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/_MG_5734_edited-1.jpg.html
>Posy having a wash in the garden this morning.
>Comments welcome
>Cheers
>Douglas

Nice picture - the colours work well.

That lens (Tamron) was about the first to be affordable and go up to 
300 with decent quality; it also has a good and really useful macro 
range going to 1:1.6. It was my main travel long zoom for many years. 
I still don't know of a zoom that goes to or past 300 that is better, 
including all current Nikon and Canon offerings.

I haven't used the Novoflex incarnation, but the Tamron is very well 
made (except for the Adaptall mount) and is quite handy. The Novoflex 
version has a lot of bulk added, as far as I can tell.

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