Special Features - Leica APO-VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 1:2.8-4/90-280 Notice D'utilisation

SPECIAL FEATURES

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The Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 1:2.8-4/90-280mm is a high-speed telephoto zoom lens with Leica L
bayonet fitting. It can be used on Leica TL cameras as well as Leica SL cameras.
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The Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 1:2.8-4/90-280mm .is characterized by its excellent contrast rendition and
the highest resolution, even with an open aperture, at all focal lengths and from infinite right up to
close range. All image errors are corrected well or are compensated for digitally inside the camera.
Although stopping down results in a further, slight increase in performance, in most cases it is not
necessary for reasons of image composition with depth of field. The very short closest focusing
distance, which allows impressive reproduction scales of up to 1:5 at the shortest and the longest
focal lengths, must also be emphasized.
A total of 23 lenses, divided into 7 modules, are used to achieve this performance. These include
seven lenses made of ultra-low dispersion glass. The construction contains a purely internal focal
length adjustment, with the advantages that the length of the lens does not chage and the equip-
ment's center of gravity remains almost the same, even when zooming. The high-quality coatings on
all lens surfaces help to ensure low reflection and light scatter.
The lens has a very fast autofocus function as well as a very effective stabilization function; further-
more, they both work very quietly.
Summary: The Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 1:2.8-4/90-280mm combines an extended range of telephoto
focal lengths and extremely good performance, from the infinite setting right up to close-up, with open
aperture just as much as when stopped down. In this way, with its shutter speed that is only slightly
slower than that of fixed focal lengths, it can increase the photographer's flexibility, e.g. in areas such
as travel and reportage photography just as much as portraits and close-ups.
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