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A subjective test of the FA* 400mm F/5.6

By: Jostein Øksne, June 2000

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Fog on ice. Here I added the F-1.7x AF converter to the 400 mm. The result is a 680 mm f/9.5 lens. The viewfinder got rather dark with this combo, and it was a bit difficult to adjust focus. The hexagonal focus symbol in the Z-1 viewfinder kept blinking and wasn't at all very helpful. IMO, the resolution in the image (original slide) suffer too much to be worth the trouble.

Tech: FA*400/5.6 and F-1.7x AF converter, at f/22, 1/8 s. Tripod. Film: Kodak E100VS