Apo-Telyt 135

[sm23221]

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I have an uncoded one. Are there any good reasons to bother to code it?

[hoppyman]

I have an uncoded one. Are there any good reasons to bother to code it?

Leica says no advantage regarding correction of vignetting effects above 35mm.

You would only gain some minor Leica flash functionality and reporting of focal length in EXIF.

 

Cheers

[chris_tribble]

No benefit - and you can bring up the 90mm framelines to aid composition by turning past the stop when you insert the lens (according to Jaap and others). Guy, I and some others have had the 90mm mount put on ours so that the 90 mm frameline comes up with no fuss.

 

It's a LOVELY lens - and I find much easier to focus than my 75 lux. For walking about and travel I'm defaulting to the 28 cron + the apo-telyt. Some recent examples of how it comes out at: France 2007 #2 - check images 5/13/17 all hand held with the Apo-Telyt and pin sharp at 100%.

[sm23221]

Thank you Geoff and Chris. I find this lens to be extremely sharp but difficult to get the focus spot on at infinity. I have a magnifier on order. I'm still trying to decide if it backfocuses or if I'm not focusing it exactly at infinity. Nice shots btw.

[hoppyman]

Thank you Geoff and Chris. I find this lens to be extremely sharp but difficult to get the focus spot on at infinity. I have a magnifier on order. I'm still trying to decide if it backfocuses or if I'm not focusing it exactly at infinity. Nice shots btw.

Michael, I'm sure that the magnifier is worth a try for clearer composition. LFI have even had a reference suggesting magnification from the fifty on up fitted to the M8. Which M are you using? I assumed a film M. Lower magnification finders of course are technically less accurate, but I'm unclear why you would have a focus problem at infinity. I would have thought DoF would cover it anyway at that point. Have you tried just setting the lens to infinity and shooting test shots at your (distant) subjects from a steady rest?

 

Cheers

[sm23221]

Michael, I'm sure that the magnifier is worth a try for clearer composition. LFI have even had a reference suggesting magnification from the fifty on up fitted to the M8. Which M are you using? I assumed a film M. Lower magnification finders of course are technically less accurate, but I'm unclear why you would have a focus problem at infinity. I would have thought DoF would cover it anyway at that point. Have you tried just setting the lens to infinity and shooting test shots at your (distant) subjects from a steady rest?

 

Cheers

 

Geoff, I'm using an M8. Here's a shot of my neighbor's house. I focused on the red roses and here's what I got - the garage in focus. It was shot wide open and it seems extremely difficult to focus on a rose at about 35 ft away. It seems to be spot-on up to about 15 ft and then it's hit or miss up until the infinity setting. I did set it at infinity and shot the moon; it seemed sharp wide open.

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[hoppyman]

Geoff, I'm using an M8. Here's a shot of my neighbor's house. I focused on the red roses and here's what I got - the garage in focus. It was shot wide open and it seems extremely difficult to focus on a rose at about 35 ft away. It seems to be spot-on up to about 15 ft and then it's hit or miss up until the infinity setting. I did set it at infinity and shot the moon; it seemed sharp wide open.

Michael, now you are talking M8 operation rather than the 135. Sorry I wasn't paying enough attention. Of course this is the M8 forum. I think that Leica doesn't support the 135 on the M8, probably for exactly the reason you are describing, innaccurate focus with the low magnification. I think some folks do some workarounds, I'll leave that to those with expertise there. Here is the Elmar M 90 wide open I think, in low indoor light when I tried a friend's M8 briefly. So get a 90 for your M8 and buy an M3 to use your 135