Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are two recent versions of the Elmarit-M that are at least cosmetically different: one has no hood and, I believe, a 39mm filter and the other has a built in hood and a wider filter ring. I am curious to know whether there is any optical difference between the two version: I had thought that there wasn't but have heard recently that there is. Gary On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Charles E. Albertson wrote: > Gary--- > There hasn't been more than one version of the Elmarit-M made since > 1990 that I'm aware of. The Tele-Elmarit (no hood, 39mm filter) it replaced > may have stayed in production beyond 1990 -- the 6th edition of the Leica > Pocket Guide, which is my only reference, does not note an end date for its > production run. That might be what is causing the confusion. >