Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Hmm. There are those of us who don't find the 4/90 collapsible Elmar 'ugly'! > >Many of the aftermarket lenses you mention aren't really competitive in >today's world -- the Serenar and Steinheil aren't bad, but aren't great, >either. A Schacht Travenar would be a better choice if you could run one >down, though only the 3.5/135 is common these days. The 2/85 Jupiter-9 is a >fine lens, being a clone of the Prewar Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar, and a late >one will possibly be multi-coated. I'd check with Mark Chaney, that >stalwart purveyor of things Soviet and Post-Soviet for that: his e-mail is ><chano@teikyopost.edu>. > >SHAMELESS COMMERCIAL MESSAGE: There are a zillion more aftermarket lenses, >but you'll have to await the impending release of my NON-LEITZ LEICA >THREAD-MOUNT LENSES: A THIRTY-NINE MILLIMETER DIVERSITY, due out >momentarily from Rita Wittig, to read the saga of these sterling optics. > >The current 2.8/90 Elmarit is HIGHLY praised by those whose opinions I >trust, but I've never used one. The earlier 2.8/90's I've owned and used, >but they never did a lot for me. The current 2/90 is a wonderful lens, but >a bit on the large side (though NOT as big a mass, at all, as the older 2/90 >Summicron!). > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! I use a 85mm/1.8 Nikkor for most of my portrait-type work, and though I have a 90/2 Tele-Elmarit (Canada), I rarely use it. What's the difference between this Tele-Elmarit and the Elmarit-M 90mm that everybody's bragging about? Any information on this lens would be appreciated. Robert