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Chapter 3
Leica R-Lenses
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__ Summary
In the roaring twenties there was a 540 SSK Mercedes Benz
sports car with a turbo-charged engine.
The turbo charger could only be used for a few minutes, other-
wise it would overheat the engine. But the driving experience
was breathtakingly exilarating.
Both the 180 mm f/2.8 Apo-Elmarit-R and the 280 mm f/4
Apo-Telyt-R Leica lenses offer superior image quality plus that
special turbo-feeling and sensation, not for just a few minutes,
but always and everywhere!
These lenses are eminently suited for the type of photography
where you need to capture every possible detail and when you
wish to explore the limits of analog emulsions. As with the afo-
rementioned sports car, you do not always have to use the
turbo. The optical performance is superb even with high-speed
films (the grain will be tight and compact because the small
image points will not cause flare or halo in the grain pattern).
Hand-held pictures will preserve the high overall contrast and
the reproduction of finely graded colors and tonal values. You
may compare it with music with a final sound that is composed
of many frequencies and a wide dynamic range.
There are some very high and some very low frequencies that
you cannot hear, but they are required for the character of the
sound. This is comparable to what happens in optical phenome-
na. Good MTF values at the very high frequencies are a must
for a high contour sharpness at the lower frequencies.
If you have not yet experienced image-making with current slide
films and these superb Leica lenses, you should really do so.
Photography with a ‘turbo’ effect will open up a whole new
world for you!
LEICA APO-TELYT-R 280 mm f/4
Picture: Martin Trippen