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Another question: in thinking about using APO-Telyt-R modular telephoto lenses on the SL, what chance is there that Leica will produce SL native replacements for these lenses? That is, 280 and 400mm f2.8, extendable to 560 and 800, with autofocus, image stabilising, weather sealed, but still perfectly useable as manual focus lenses, with wide open aperture before the shot. And better optical performance to boot. Ooo aah, that'd be nice. 

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I'm reading through some old "Where's my R10?!" threads, which bring up questions in light of the SL, such as, what kind of focus confirmation is shown when using M or R lenses?

 

Focus peaking and assist magnification ... What, you want a light that says "You're in focus now"? The only indicator like that I've ever found halfway accurate is the one in the Nikon F6 and D750, which depend upon PDAF, which itself has problems with calibration accuracy the CDAF does not. 

 

Another question: in thinking about using APO-Telyt-R modular telephoto lenses on the SL, what chance is there that Leica will produce SL native replacements for these lenses? That is, 280 and 400mm f2.8, extendable to 560 and 800, with autofocus, image stabilising, weather sealed, but still perfectly useable as manual focus lenses, with wide open aperture before the shot. And better optical performance to boot. Ooo aah, that'd be nice. 

 

The future holds many possible things.  B)

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Focus peaking and assist magnification ... What, you want a light that says "You're in focus now"? The only indicator like that I've ever found halfway accurate is the one in the Nikon F6 and D750, which depend upon PDAF, which itself has problems with calibration accuracy the CDAF does not. 

 

 

.....and the Contax RX, which worked surprising well before the LCD screen at the bottom of the VF faded. You had to remember to shut the light shutter on the VF (for more accurate exposure when you were using the remote and did not have an eye blocking light entering the VF) after use, to keep daylight away from the LED strip. 

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Leica SL, NOVOFLEX R to T ADAPTER and Vario Elmar R 35-70 . Next weekend I will try this combo.

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Hi,

after using the Lux 21 just for a few shots - I can say it works great on the SL - here two examples wide open at 1,4 / ISO 400 and 640

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I have it - and SL plus APO 50 is a very compact combo. I'll come back as soon as I have the time to do some shots with high ISO.

Here's one at 500:

 

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Here are a few taken with the Elmarit-asph-R 15.  Winter morning light, our Jerusalem campus sits on a hilltop and has a wooded oasis in the middle.

 

23757935206_337d6e4332_h.jpgL1000345 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

23155888564_545a1c1ad0_h.jpgL1000350 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

23155908144_dc4bd5a840_h.jpgL1000371 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr

 

ISO 50 f/5.6

 

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Is anyone using the APO-Cron 50 on the SL?  I'd love to see some shots with that combo.  Especially ISO 6400+

 

Hi Joshua. IIRC, the linked photo is taken with the APO-Summicron-M f2 50mm ASPH, as are others on the associated flickr site (along with some Sony shots with the lens), which has some rather impressive pics of London, taken by JRP. The original thread is linked below. I'm sure I could see the EXIF data for these shots when I first visited the flickr pages, but now I can't. Don't know why.

 

https://www.flickr.c...03/23519536246/

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/254009-first-outing-with-the-sl/

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R-mount has a 49mm diameter mounting flange, I believe M-mount has a 44mm diameter flange. So yes, there is a potential for shrouding and hard vignetting at both the UWA and long telephoto ends of the spectrum if the adapter tube is not well designed. My recent tests with the R Adapter M don't show any with the Elmarit-R 19 v1 or the Telyt-R 250 v1, which are likely as extreme as I'll use. But there are a bunch of much longer lenses in the R portfolio where it could show up. 

 

L (T) mount has a 50mm diameter so it's much easier to design a mount adapter for R that can work perfectly.   

 

I haven't try the SL but on a M (typ 240) with the R adapter, the modules Apo-Telyt-R f/4 or f/5.6 create vignetting :( See this message in French.

Another question: in thinking about using APO-Telyt-R modular telephoto lenses on the SL, what chance is there that Leica will produce SL native replacements for these lenses? That is, 280 and 400mm f2.8, extendable to 560 and 800, with autofocus, image stabilising, weather sealed, but still perfectly useable as manual focus lenses, with wide open aperture before the shot. And better optical performance to boot. Ooo aah, that'd be nice. 

 

For the replacement, I don't know. But if you want to use your current modular lenses on the SL, try with another adapter than the current Leica.

I hope that the "Leica R-Adapter L" will solve the issue. 

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wlaidlaw, on 06 Dec 2015 - 23:57, said:

.....and the Contax RX, which worked surprising well before the LCD screen at the bottom of the VF faded. You had to remember to shut the light shutter on the VF (for more accurate exposure when you were using the remote and did not have an eye blocking light entering the VF) after use, to keep daylight away from the LED strip. 

And the Olympus OM 40 little green LED, which did pretty well, but ate batteries.

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Another question: in thinking about using APO-Telyt-R modular telephoto lenses on the SL, what chance is there that Leica will produce SL native replacements for these lenses? That is, 280 and 400mm f2.8, extendable to 560 and 800, with autofocus, image stabilising, weather sealed, but still perfectly useable as manual focus lenses, with wide open aperture before the shot. And better optical performance to boot. Ooo aah, that'd be nice. 

 

Any SL user(s) can share images captured with the APO-Telyt-R modular telephoto lenses?

It would be interesting to find out the performance of these limited APO-Telyt-R module lenses in current digital sensor/technology!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

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This isn't the modular system, but the later version of the 280 Apo-Telyt-R with 2X Apo-Extender, so effectively 560mm f/5.6 lens without IS or AF.  I'm very pleased so far.  Very sharp across the field and even illumination.  No vignetting or aberrations that I can appreciate.

 

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