Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tele-Elmarits
From: Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 23:25:53 +0100

Martin Davidson wrote:
> 
> Apologies if this has been thrashed to death before.  I am looking to add a
> fourth lens to my M6 (I have the 28 Elmarit, the 35 Asph summicron, and a 50
> summicron).  Having been thrilled by the asph performance of the 35, I was
> saving and waiting (and saving and saving) for the new 90 f/2 asph -- but am
> worried about its size and weight.  By chance I came across (and rather fell
> in love with) an old Canadian tele-elmarit -- at around 500 UK pounds (seems
> the going rate in the UK), half the price (at least) of the new asph, but a
> lot to pay for a lens that (for all I know) may now be regarded as rather
> obsolete. 

Have a look at:

<http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/m/lenses/pages/choices.html>

Lucien