Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the chance to try this lens at a camera shop in Bonn in September, mounted on my M6. Turning the "zooming" ring felt strange, the lens did not feel as firm and perfect as other Leica lenses. Also, sometimes the correct framelines were not engaged on the first attempt. As for image quality, even Leica admits that the Tri-Elmar does not achieve the same quality as the prime lenses, particularly at the 28mm setting. And finally, you have the not-so-wide-open maximum aperture of f4. I think that the Tri-Elmar is an awesome engineering achievement, but I doubt that Leica will ever recoup its investment in developing it. Nathan Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com wrote: > Does anyone here know anything about the Tri-Elmar-M ASPH Lens? > > RM - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html