Sharp footage of the moon video taken with a Leica APO-Telyt

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Called old but seasoned, the 4K video footage of the moon was captured with the 'Leica APO-Telyt-R 400mm f / 2.8' lens that has been discontinued since 2009, although the quality of the glass is still the best. elite You can see from the video below.


The video สมัครสล็อต was taken in 2015 and was uploaded in 2016 by photographer Markus Stark, who is said to have shot the video in Germany. At an altitude of 290 meters above sea level


Using a Panasonic GH4 attached to a Leica 400mm f / 2.8 lens (second hand at around $ 15,000), connected to a 1.4x teleconverter and two Leica Apo extenders 2x.


I must say that the lens itself is specially designed, which is apochromatic correction or correcting chromatic aberration to achieve the exact color. Which is quite rare in the term lens super-telephoto like this


The lens consists of a total of 10 elements, 8 groups, a 5.9 kg lens, released in 1996 in a series of Leica APO-Telyt Module system designed to be used in conjunction with Leica-R SLR cameras.


Each lens is a module that can be used together for a different focal length.


Leica APO-Telyt-R 400mm f / 2.8
In the Leica APO-Telyt Module system there are 3 Focus Modules, 2 Leica Head and 6 Modules at different stages that can be combined into a lens. super-telephoto at various distances.


For the video, I will use it as the head 400/560/800 as shown above.

This has already shown us that even though they are old, some lenses are still superb. And it works fine. Don't overlook the old lenses.