Leica Telephotos (portable, low profile)

[jankap]

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Here a somewhat cropped and a 90% crop shot with the 500mm mirror Telyt f/8.

There was a double window pane in the optical path at 30 degrees.

Iso 200, 1/200, electronic shutter, tripod.

Not sharpened, cropped only

 

The DOF is extremely narrow so focussing is difficult.

Jan

 

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[ldhrads]

Given that you look for vintage... the Telyt 200 f4 with an adapter like Novoflex LEM/VIS is a good combination... even not too costly : if you want to go further and have the patience to search the devices, the one depicted hereunder is a 280 combination that is a bit heavy but very effective in handling :

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(of course, on a M240 you must think of it without the Visoflex and with a neat LEM/VIS.. left hand on the handle, with thumb on the focusing knob, right hand on body and shutter button as usual... you can find the right balancing and work fine at 1/250-1/500 at 5,6 / 8 , with a good sight in the EVF... no need to use the focus peaking... that with a 280 handheld is not of practical usefulness).

 

This is a great combination. I have used it on the M9 and MM, no experience with the M240, but I imagine even better since you won't need the Visoflex!

[bocaburger]

A very short tele is the MR-Telyt-R 500mm. Especially if one uses the lens on a crop camera, then 750mm. A mirror lens

 

Every 500mm mirror lens I've tried seems to perform about the same (or maybe it's just that the quirks of mirror lenses overshadows other parameters) so I didn't see anything to justify the staggering price of the Minolta cloned R version when I briefly bought one and returned it. I have a "Rokinon" (whatever that is) 500/8 mirror lens in T-mount with an R adapter, I paid $50 for it, it's much smaller than most of it's ilk (takes a 72mm front filter) and performs as well as the Minolta/R or Nikon or Tamron (had those too at one time or another). The only thing I use it for is at professional sports games, on an APS-C Canon Rebel. It's a lot easier to wield from a stadium seat than a regular tele or tele-zoom, and the donut bokeh doesn't bother. With the R mount I could use it on the M240, but I haven't so far.

[jankap]

Hello

I bought the lens second hand, modified for Canon EOS, that my camera was at that time.

I added a sunfilter for it to observe the sun. Mainly at times of solar eclipses.

Now I regret the EOS mount, because I think of buying a lens booster for the LER mount.

 

The woodpecker was at a distance, where the DOF was 3 cm (depending on the COC). Difficult!

Jan

[adan]

A used Tamron SP 500/8 is a great performer, light, compact, and inexpensive.

 

Agree - the Tamron SP/BBAR 500/8 is perhaps the sharpest 500 CAT lens I've ever used.

 

Used one on a 5D2 for a couple of shots in my Issue 1/2013 cycling story (identifiable by the doughnut bokeh) - but decided sports was one place I needed AF, so eventually moved to a Canon L 400.

 

ColoradoSeen - 2013

 

However - for a small tele for "traditional" Leica rangefinder use, I still like the 75 Summarit or 90 Tele-Elmarit-M as the smallest packages with BIG performance.