rico -- The helical. As you know I tried the earlier 90 and 135, but this R looks more like what I wanted. Pretty nice, but unsure if it will have a chance to unseat my Canon 100L IS.
Canon 100L IS is very good. It's sharp, high contrast, and most importantly has floating element design. Both Leica 60/2.8 & 100/4 are based on older optical formulas, they have less performance at MFD.
Sebboh I am tempted by the 350mm (currently I'm using a 180 Telyt multiplied 2x) but I'm worried by the weight for hand-holding it, and the ring of focus that - I do not remember in which forum I read - would be too long. Can you confirm, beyond your great photos?
lithos wrote:
Sebboh I am tempted by the 350mm (currently I'm using a 180 Telyt multiplied 2x) but I'm worried by the weight for hand-holding it, and the ring of focus that - I do not remember in which forum I read - would be too long. Can you confirm, beyond your great photos?
i don't find the weight to be any problem for hand-holding, i don't use a tripod (but i am reasonably young). the focus throw is quite long though (350 degrees) and well damped. this makes tracking very difficult at short distances.
