Sometimes Size Matters The Leica Leica APO-Telyt-R 5,6/1600mm
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- In our latest Issue #22 we talk about a unicorn amongst lenses.
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Marwan, Editor-in-Chief of SilvergrainClassics, was thrilled when he was unexpectedly given the chance to use the legendary Leica APO-Telyt-R 5.6/1600 mm lens. Originally made for photographing desert falcons, he used it for an unusual portrait session at Leica headquarters in Wetzlar. The lens is insured for 10 million Euros and is one of only three ever made; no photo is known to have been taken with this particular lens before. He had the lovely Juliette as his model - If you do something crazy, do it right! And since Matt Parry from Harmann was present, he spontaneously decided to shoot the new Harmann Phoenix film. You can see the results for yourself!
street setup
When you need a radio to talk to the person holding the light meter. 😂
Well 17 meter distance
Something that occurred to me is wether or not the light meter at that distance is even effective. Wouldn't it be more effective to take a directional reading from the camera side as if you were taking a landscape at that distance? Pardon me if this sounds stupid but I'm still learning.
@@christiencabaniss2636 We were using it in ambient light mode and not reflected. Especially in studio photography its the best methode.
They should listed this under "mobile/outdoor" category on their website. April 1st incoming
Well check this…ua-cam.com/video/tS6QGw2PjFI/v-deo.htmlsi=5ujSDzLApv9AcJ4Z
SUPER !
Superb lenses,but you should use a uniform ground glass screen on the viewfinder, they work well with this kind of lenses.
Thanks for sharing that wonderful experience and good photos too.
Well we did not expect to use the lens so we were not prepared. it was one of these "Now or Never" so the ground glass was not available as well as a different film stock. The entire project took 7-10 minutes.
Definitely suitable for street photography...
First you need to clear the entire length of the street
Is this the highest zoom MILC ever manufactured? What is the purpose of using a 1600mm with this particular camera rather than switching to a different setup? Is it out of brand loyal to Leica or to the user-friendly interface of the Leica camera body? And is the lens mirrorless too? It's a very interesting setup but I can't understand what purpose it serves.
TL;DR: Why was it built?
An amazing (prototype) lens! The history of its creation for Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani is fascinating too!
Doesn't make sense... That's all you get with a 1600mm?? It's so close, just across the room! Looks like what I get with 300/400mm...
The distance was 17m the portrait distance of your 300mm is aprox 3 meters.
1600mm on 35mm film? What's the distance between camera and the person?
17m
It's NOT $10 millions, it's $2064500 to be precise
Well the manager of the Leica Classic Store was next to us when we made the video. So the number we mentioned we got from him. If you have a better source than the Leica staff in Wetzlar pls let is know. It is buy the way not for sale and the number we mentioned is the price the lens is insured for.
@@silvergrainclassics it's insured for $10million, but every article on the internet states the price is $2064500
@@user-ix3yk9th6e "The stupid thing about quotes from the internet is that you never know if they are true" (Leonardo Da Vinci 1442-1519) And I think Leonardo Da Vinci was right ;) Well thats the difference when you go to Wetzlar talk directly with the involved people and get first hand information or you just create a copy paste article. The price you are mentioning is a number that came up a few years ago. Since then everyone copied this. As I said when we recorded the video the officials from Leica were next to us. It is up to you which number you trust. It is not for sale anyway.
Can you measurre the diafragma, with That thing of the woman?
Yes thats a lightmeter. Metering in flash ambient mode.
Thing looks like a weapon lol
DARPA commissioned it
Well when we rolled the lens out of the storage our colleague Doug who had been a aircraft technician at the US Airforce mentioned it looked a bit like when they mounted bombs under the wings of their warplanes back in the days😅
lol
And you havent left model's full name 🥲
Follow us on instagram there is the link to her account
@silvergrainclassics Thanks for reply 🤗
Не очень талантливый фотограф.
Still takes gainy photos....
Grainy photos are the best photos. Grain free looks uncanny valley, especially for portraits.
You can always add grain can't take it away the same@@Philtho
The grain has nothing to do with the Lens. We had only 7-10minutes with this lens and only 2 stocks of color film available. The one you see is Harmann Phoenix. If we would have used a more fine grain film it would have looked different but that was the material we had. There were also no expectations. It was a fun project and we just wanted to use the lens and not revolutionize portrait photography.
Nah, i'll stick to my Iphone 6s
My mju ii takes better photos
Meh
I prefer My phone camera lenses 😹