Mitch Alland
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 p.20 #16 · Leica SL images and specs. Looks somehow familiar... | |
Steve Spencer wrote:
My guess is that the weight [of the 90-280 mm lens will] be around 2 kilos/4 pounds, and that the price will be about $5,500.
Just found the size and weight specs in a LUF posting. Here is a comparison with the Nikon 70-200 mm lens:
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Apo-Vario-Elmar-SL 1:2.84.0/90280mm.....Nikon 70-200/f.28 VR
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Diameter: 88 mm......................................87 mm
Length: 238 mm (9.4 in)...........................215 mm (8.5 in)
Weight: 1780 g (62.8 oz.).........................1470g (51.8 oz.)
Coming back to my possible Africa trip, which could be around October of next year. For me, the choice would be between the following sets of equipment:
(1) Using what I have now
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M9-P and M-Monochrom
Leica lenses from 21 through 135 (including the Macro-Elmar-M 90mm f/4)
Telyt 400/f6.8 with Visoflex III
Telyt 200/f4.0 with Visoflex
(2) Using Nikon lens for > 90 mm
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M9-P and M-Monochrom
Leica lenses from 21 through 135
Nikon 70-200/f.28 VR + TC1.4x (tele converter) [I can borrow this from my son]
Borrow Nikon D300 from my son
Owing to the 1.5x crop factor, this would give an effective FOV up to 300 mm (and 420 mm with the 1.4 tele-converter).
(3) Getting the Leica SL + 90-280 mm lens
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M9-P and M-Monochrom
Leica lenses from 21 through 135
Leica SL + 90-280 mm lens
Telyt 400/f6.8 I'll have to figure out how to use it on the Leica SL
Considerations
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Solutions (1) and (2) have the advantage of not having to buy anything.
Solution (1) means traveling with the least volume and weight of equipment.The Telyt 200/f4.0 fills the crucial gap between the excellent Tele-Elmar 135/4 and the Telyt 400/6.8. In my experience photographing African wildlife years ago I lived in Ugnada and camped in a tent all over East Afrcia the 90, 135, 200 and 400 focal lengths pretty much cover what you need in terms of telephoto. The obvious disadvantage is the lack of a zoom,which means frequent lens changes when photographing from a safari vehicle. In terms of quickness of focus, the Telyt 400/6.8, with experience, is quick, although not like blitz-rapid Nikon autofocus, but the Telyt 200/4 is difficult to focus quickly, my impression is that this lens is probably not sharp enough for what I want, although I have little experience with it. Also, the Telyt-Visoflex combination is a bit of a Rube Goldberg-type setup, unless you're into the whole "retro-trip" aspect, which I am not. Neverthelss, all this can work.
Solution (2) solves the problem of the Telyt 200/f4 of Solution (1)
Solution (3) of course means shelling out a lot of money for the SL and the 90-280 (and gives the opportunity of using this), which could be mitigated by the sale of the SL and the 90-280 after the trip.
Any thoughts? Anyone have any experience with the Telyt 200/f4?
Mitch/Chiang Mai
P.S.
This is so far OT that I'm placing it in a postscript: I'm not even considering taking the AF-S NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4G ED VR because it weighs 3360 g (118.5 oz.) almost almost 7-½ pounds! Just too heavy for me, even for shooting from a Land Rover. I bought it, in a fit of enthusiasm, after my 2009 Botswana trip, when I thought that I would go to Africa again in 2010. The trip never materialized, and I've only shot some 20 test shots in a zoo with this excellent lens.
Whenever, I had an opportunity to sell the 200-400mm, I either didn't act fast enough or had the lens on another continent. When I had an offer from a French wildlife photographer, I had the lens in the States. Then, when I contacted this photographer two years later, he told me that he could no longer afford it because the economy and his income had deteriorated so much. I tried to sell it on eBay in the States, but being an "eBay idiot", I screwed up an eBay auction. When I get back to the States in March 2016, I'll have to make a serious effort to sell this lens.
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A little to late Dave!
i also have a ronny olson flower preset made from when my random fiddling came out with something that approaches his look.