Leica R APO-Telyt-S 800mm f/6.3 is an extremely rare super telephoto lens designed for the Leica R SLR camera system. Product code is 11921. This lens was first shown at Photokina in 1970 and marketed in 1972. It features a 3-element design using special glass which reduces residual aberration and unsharpness to less than a third found in normal optical glass. It delivers excellent resolution and contrast. Compared to a standard 50mm lens, this lens offers 16x magnification.
Check out this thread here on Red Dot Forum for more photos from this lens.
The lens itself weighs about 15 pounds, and is 41 inches long with the hood attached. This is quite a large lens, and uses a built in rack-and-pinion focusing system to assure accurate and smooth focusing. The lens accepts Series VII filters in a slot near the camera end of the lens.
This lens is unusually rare, Leica made less than 350 examples worldwide. Minimum focus distance is 41 feet (12.5 meters). The lens has multiple tripod sockets for proper mounting.
This listing includes a Novoflex Canon EOS to Leica R adapter (which is the best adapter available), allowing this lens to be used for both stills and video on any Canon digital SLR camera, including the new 5D Mark III.
The image included in this listing was taken using this lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with the included adapter. No camera is included with this listing.
This lens is in excellent condition. The glass has no scratches. The lens barrel is not missing any paint. Focusing is very smooth and easy to make fine adjustments.
This listing includes the lens case, 800mm lens (five individual pieces in total), which includes the hood, hood extension, Novoflex Canon EOS adapter, and all original lens caps/covers (six caps/covers in total). No camera is included.
The dimensions of the lens case are 22 inches wide, 16 inches in depth, and 8 inches high. Total weight with the lens inside is 30 pounds.
This lens was made in Germany.
Serial Number: 2500849
Price is $7,000 with free UPS Ground shipping within the USA. Contact me via private message or email at [email]josh@dalephotoanddigital.com[/email] for more information.
This lens has been sold!
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