Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com> >> Subject: [Leica] Re: Tele-Elmarit 90M(was:Elmar C 90mm) >> >> Bob: I've had a Tele-Elmarit for years and it is a damn fine lens. Better >> than my 90 Summicron, 90 Elmar or 90 Elmarit. >> >> Ken Wilcox >> >My experience with the Tele-Elmarit was the opposite of yours. My >Summicron 90mm is much better than my Tele-Elmarit 90mm was, >but it was not bad either. The most disturbing thing was that is was >quite prone to flare, the Summicron is not. >All the best! >Raimo > Yep... same in my experience. From the posts that I have read, the tele-elmarit is either very good or a flare prone lens. One can never tell until you have tried the one that you have. Mine was Wetzlar made and was so prone to flare in spite of a well fitted hood that I decided to sell it off and have never looked back. The 90 summicron, on the other hand, produced fantastic portraits and I love to use it at f2-2.8. Make sure the speed is at least 1/250 sec and focus accurately on the nearer eye. Dan K.