Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Mark! Take your meds! My 21 Elmarit pre asph, coded and filtered etches beautifully on my M8. Not as good as my 24 Asph in the corners, granted, but still beautifully. Warmest Regards and a Big Smiley. :-) Howard > Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:22:28 -0400 > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Elmarit 21mm color fringing > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Curious if the current ASPH version of the Elmarit 21mm has had any > of these > issues. > > The lens in question the pre APSH 21 is the single most hotly critized > widely regarded DOGS in the history of any Leica M lineup. An > embarrassment. > You'd use the SA 3.4 that was until the ASPH came out which was widely > regarded as a landmark optic. > > With the excepted of two maybe one people on the LUG who swear by > their pre > apshs have we seen images? This comes up on the LUG every 3 years. > > I'd use a Cosina Voigtl?nder 21 WAY before I'd use the pre apsh > Elmarit 21. > > Mark William Rabiner