Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Once we started talking about the 90, why is the 90/2.8 Elmarit so much valued compared with the new 90/2.8 Elmarit-M. It is my understanding that optically the new one is better and the only possible reason I can think of is that the new one is a tad bulkier. I do not care too much. I have seen mint 90 Elmarit fetches close to $1000 for the chrome and over $1000 for the black. Any thoughts? Regards, David At 03:31 AM 5/20/98 EDT, you wrote: > In a message dated mm/19/98 11:25:20 PM LEICAMAN56@aol.com writes: >> snip< regular travel lens. To me the 75/2.4 APO would fill the bill >perfectly. >> Bill Rosauer >======================================================== >One of my favorite compact travel lens & as far as I know, the only non 50mm >collapsible, is the 90/4 Elmar. 25,000 of these were made between 1954 & 68 >and sell for around $500 today. It was designed so that when collapsed would >fit in an ERC as it was then no longer than a rigid 50/2. Even though its max >speed was only f:4, it was so highly prized that even after the 90/2.8 >appeared >in 1959, the collapsible continued to be made until 1968. I would love to >have >one today with a f:2.8* lens, as that speed is adequate for me when >travelling. > >Marvin Moss > > > > > >