Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] FW: 100mm f4 Macro Elmar for bellows
From: "Ross McLeish" <cram@bigpond.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:00:55 +1100

There are many exclusions (of spare parts, lens hoods, lens
cases....etc,etc, which were included in the 1996/1997 handbook of the Leica
System) from the new  'Program' book. Also some glaring mistakes...eg. page
55 has a description of 100mm APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R next to an illustration of
135mm lens!! Nowhere else (that page or other) is there any description of
135mm, and not until p64 is a pic of 100mm 2.8 . Hope this an indication of
a new level of 'quality control'.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Anderson, Ferrel <AndersonF@ria.army.mil>
To: 'leica users group' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, 11 December 1998 9:48
Subject: [Leica] FW: 100mm f4 Macro Elmar for bellows


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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Anderson, Ferrel
>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 11:07 AM
>> To: 'Leica Users Group'
>> Subject: 100mm f4 Macro Elmar for bellows
>>
>> In perusing the latest product promotion brochure entitled  "Leica. The
>> Program", I noticed that although the Bellows -R is still offered, the
>> 100mm f4 Macro Elmar short mount lens is no longer listed.  That lens has
>> been around for a long time without an optical recomputation.  Are they
>> planning on offering a new computation, or are they discontinuing this
>> lens?
>>
>> I was never happy with the performance of the 100mm Macro Elmar that I
>> owned.  It matched my other lenses in sharpness at f11 - f22, but was not
>> exceptional at wider apertures.  My 60mm Macro Elmarit-R and 100mm APO
>> Macro Elmarit-R lenses are head and shoulders above the 100mm Macro
Elmar.
>> Even my black 65mm Elmar is better.  Anyone have an opinion on the
>> performance of this lens, and any information on what Leica is planning?
>>
>> Ferrel Anderson