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luigi bertolotti · 03/01/07, 05:28 PM

I post reply but DO NOT HAVE IT. Like to speak of because it is one of my dreams.... years ago I saw one on sale for 6K$...if it would have been next to me I think could have not resisted the temptation...luckily, the Atlantic Ocean was between me and this item...otherwise I had risked a good hole in my pockets.

I imagine you know something about it: is three-lenses special glass (diiferent from 400-560 telyts, that are two lenses and at less than f11 show no little spherical abherration), it was in R Mount, Visoflex mount on request, theorically available also in Minolta SLR mount (they were the time of the Leitz Minolta agreeement, see Leica CL, no many people knowsthat the Giant Telyt was part of the agreement...think that no one or so has been deliverd in such configuration). Seems that the vey first item were used in Munchen 72 Olympics; I saw some excellent wildlife picture taken with it (on SL body): superb color rendition, fascinating OOF.
Weighted a lot (7 Kg about), had a sort of "monocular" fitted in the carrying handle for "pre framing" , was delivered disassembled (see the big levers in the pict) into an aluminium case, needed of course a tripod, but better TWO, a second tripod/monoped can be screwed in the front section... Stop so: I repeat, is simply a dream for me....

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luigi bertolotti Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/24/07 Location: Brescia Posts: 3,010	Re: Leitz Telyt-S 1:6,3 / 800mm I post reply but DO NOT HAVE IT. Like to speak of because it is one of my dreams.... years ago I saw one on sale for 6K$...if it would have been next to me I think could have not resisted the temptation...luckily, the Atlantic Ocean was between me and this item...otherwise I had risked a good hole in my pockets. I imagine you know something about it: is three-lenses special glass (diiferent from 400-560 telyts, that are two lenses and at less than f11 show no little spherical abherration), it was in R Mount, Visoflex mount on request, theorically available also in Minolta SLR mount (they were the time of the Leitz Minolta agreeement, see Leica CL, no many people knowsthat the Giant Telyt was part of the agreement...think that no one or so has been deliverd in such configuration). Seems that the vey first item were used in Munchen 72 Olympics; I saw some excellent wildlife picture taken with it (on SL body): superb color rendition, fascinating OOF. Weighted a lot (7 Kg about), had a sort of "monocular" fitted in the carrying handle for "pre framing" , was delivered disassembled (see the big levers in the pict) into an aluminium case, needed of course a tripod, but better TWO, a second tripod/monoped can be screwed in the front section... Stop so: I repeat, is simply a dream for me....