Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got a back up R4s and I'm looking for a lens for it. Now after I've seen these 135 f2.8 posts...I'm talked into it. I'm on the search now. Thanks Gabe At 06:29 PM 11/17/97 -0800, you wrote: >At 05:48 PM 11/17/97 +0000, Michiel Fokkema wrote: >>Dear LUG, >> >>I noticed that the 135/1:2.8 R is quite an affordable lens. >>Is this becasue this lens is not up to leica standards anymore, or >>just because it is an impopular design? > >I have a middle-aged 135/2.8 Elmarit-R -- 3 cams, but old enough to take >series filters. It's an excellent performer -- very sharp, nice and >contrasty. Some of my favorite pictures of people were taken with it, and >I've also used it for a lot of macro work (on a bellows) and closeup work >(with an Elpro). > >I think the reason it's cheap is the same reason the 50/2 Summicron-R is >cheap: it's very, very common. > > > >