Leica APO-ELMARIT-R, APO-TELYT-R manual Summary

Chapter 3

Leica R-Lenses 10

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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