I installed the Leitax bayonet on a 180/2.8 APO today, and here are a couple of tests shots taken with a lowly D40x (click on images for 100%.) The green focus assist was spot on...
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This is just astounding. Hand held from about 15 feet away, 1/400 at f/2.8. No sharpening or any adjustments.
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I am glad you like it Monza: I am sure that you will have plenty of fun with it as I do.
Andree: on May 12 , I mentioned that this is a clinically very sharp lens and I took the example of a portrait I took of my 70 year old dad with this Leica 180mm f/2.8 APO lens. There is definitely nothing artistic about this portrait taken under harsh sun light with no fill. This is just to make my point on sharpness.
Now when I do a 200% magnification with no sharpening at all of this picture taken hand held, I get this clinical and gross magnification of the nose with all unwanted details/imperfections. It is very impressive to me that I can have this "microscope view" of the pores of someone's skin from a headshot taken 5 meters away. This is what I meant in my May 12 message when I talked about a clinical and sickly sharp lens!
Needless to say that this lens is not recommended for portrait of your girlfriend or wife without some softening filter (I can imagine the abusive use of the Leica 180mm APO as a cause of divorce
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Photo taken with Nikon D700 and Leica Elmarit 180mm APO on following settings:
Fine JPEG format, Large file size, Vivid settings, 1/2000s f/2.8 and ISO 200. No post processing other than increasing shadows to correct initial exposure and cropping 200% for the second photo.
I am wondering if using a tripod would have furthermore enhanced the details....