Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So you're implying that the 135/4 is superior at close range to the 135/3.4, and that the 21/3.4 SA is superior to the first 21/2.8 (as opposed to the new 21/2.8 ASPH)? Francesco At 08:51 AM 11/14/98 , N. B. Watson wrote: >Good for you, Dan. Read the commentary in the Nov-Dec issue of "Leica >Fotografie" regarding the 3,4 135 APO. Leica *themselves* state that it >is necessary to stop down one or two stops to maintain maximum resolution >in the near-range. This is definitely *not* the case with the >Tele-Elmar. We must realise that the 3,4 was not designed to >specifically to give us the ultimate 135 but rather so that Leica can >produce only one 135 lens in place of the previous two. In time I >predict the prices of the Tele-Elmars will ascend in the manner of the >3,4 21 S/A after enough *objective* people had a chance to evaluate the >first 21 Elmarit-M. > >Regards, >Nigel > >On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 08:03:08 -0500 Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> >writes: >>Tell me about it. I just took advantage of the new 135/3.4 APO lens >>offering by buying a near mint Tele-Elmar 135/4 (the current version >>with >>builtin lens hood) from my local dealer for half of it's normal new >>selling >>price. Lens looks beautiful, I can't wait to give it a test drive >>this >>weekend. >> >>Dan C. >> >>At 09:23 PM 14-11-98 +0900, you wrote: >>>Ok, so I was just browsing through a used shop in Tokyo, and found >>this mint >>>75mm for less than half of the retail, I couldn not pass it up. >>> >>>Even if it were a Noctilux, I may have jumped on it. There >>definitely seems >>>to two strains of big M lens virus around here, and I am certainly >>infected >>>now. Oh yeah, a new strain is soon to affect many of us soon, too... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >