Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:58 10.04.1998 -0500, Bud Cook wrote: >I assume the 90mm Elmarit you mentioned here is the latest 4 element >version. Do you have an opinion about the original 5 element modified >triplet, i.e. the REAL Elmarit:-). Although the current one is a jewel in 90 mm sharpness, the answer is 'No, Bud'. :) Unfortunately, I didn't find my 1967 slides and pictures of the 2.8/90 1-st version Elmarit to include it in my descriptions. But, if any LUG would like to know how this lens performs, please, look at page 113 of: Jeanloup Sieff: Photographien. Munich: Schirmer-Mosel 1983, ISBN 3-88814-109-5. ... I wished I knew the woman, I wished the picture were from me :) Besides his uh-uh-Hasselblad pictures :), all pictures are taken with the M Super Angulon or the "old" Elmarit. Alf - -------------------------------------------------- Alfred Breull http://members.aol.com/abreull/index.htm http://members.aol.com/mfformat/c-mf.htm