[Leica] 560MM leica lens

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I think these lenses were priced up to $20,000 or so, and in the 80's 
when they were trying to unload them they offered a free car (VW Fox; 
Brazilian made) with the lens.

They are also a true long focus lens, not telephoto so are about 
800mm long. This one has a triplet of very large size (f/6.3) with 
exotic glasses; not easy to make, use (or sell :-)).

As for the quality of the 400 and 560 f/6.8's vs. newer lens, the 
newer lenses will win in general. A new AF300/2.8 Nikkor with 2x 
teleconverter will probably have more even performance, but won't be 
better in the center than the 560. The 300 alone will be a noticeable 
amount better than the older lenses.

If you don't practice a lot with the slide focussing, autofocus will 
definitely give you more useable shots of animals out in the open. In 
the bush, autofocus is a pain and really doesn't work.



>While looking at the 560's, I ran into the 800mm. Born sometime in the
>70's and still asking over $8500 :-) The modern 800 looks reasonably
>priced at 13k.
>
>Cheers
>
>Alastair
>
>>  Well, I own the 560/6.8 Telyt, but would love to have the Modular 560/5.6
>>  if I could afford one (faster/easier focussing and a more modern design),
>>  which I cannot. ;-)
>>
>>  Gene
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: afirkin at afirkin.com
>>  To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>  Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 8:39:46 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>>  Subject: [Leica] 560MM leica lens
>>
>>  Which would you choose:
>>  the modular system 560mm f5.6 or
>>  the longer 560mm f6.8?
>>
>>  Any comments
>>
>>  Alastair
>>

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